Sentence examples for half-hearted smile from inspiring English sources

Cone said he had a reaction similar to Mussina's, a half-hearted smile and a bit of self-pity.

He gave me a half-hearted smile as he saw the daffodils.

He gave me a half-hearted smile back, then turned and ran full tilt across the pool deck toward the exit, leaving me to my solitude, high atop my Obelisk of Shame.

Even if it's a half-hearted smile, just smile and think positive.

David Black said with a half-hearted grin.

She smiles quite genuinely and gets a half-hearted and fake smile in return.

If that makes him appear as much businessman as visionary -- well, Shulman himself confronted that very suggestion over the years and rarely voiced more than a smiling, half-hearted objection to it.

Start out with a casual smile or a half-hearted wave.

Recognize the half-hearted "stop" he utters with a smile on his face versus the annoyed "stop" he mutters with a frown.

There's a photo of her on the school's Web site: she has short brown hair, is stylishly dressed, and sports a smile that is at best half-hearted.

Our risk-management response was half-hearted.