Looking back, I think it was a halfhearted attempt, but back then I thought I was so serious.
It will be interesting to see in the coming weeks and months whether he stands by his halfhearted pledge to back Trump should he win the nomination.
I can't find it" -- to a group of "impeccably dressed women," who "pat Shatu on the back, offering halfhearted consolations, as if it were required of them, and then go back to their own carts". Her "childish and agonized tone" couldn't be farther from Uwargida's in "The Story of Day and Night," which is "soft, yet commanding," and keeps her family rapt.
Whenever the referee edged closer, looking to stop the fight, Heath, on his back, threw a few halfhearted punches.
What began over the summer as a halfhearted attempt by Republicans to push back against Democratic attacks on the issue of health care has exploded into a full-throated reversal of their positions, particularly on protections for sick Americans.
Less successful is "Through Wonder's Eyes" (the Wonder being Stevie), in which Mr. DeJesus takes a halfhearted stab at politics, his boilerplate modern choreography backed by Shawn Smith's video collage of images from protests, wars and nature.
The Obama administration policy of halfhearted support for the Syrian rebels and wishful diplomacy backed by no leverage led to the situation on the ground today.
One boy would throw out a halfhearted insult and the other would fling his arm back and the two would be on top of each other, the fighting all the more intense and bloody because neither had anything to lose.
A big, loose hound lets out a few rough, halfhearted barks, then sits on the step and looks back at the doorway, where the man has come out to stand.
Over the years, the district attorney's efforts to bring Polanski back to the United States seem to have been halfhearted.
Although at no time does either Anna or Tobias seem to consider putting Les Rajons back on the market, they do often contemplate — and even make halfhearted stabs at — returning their child to the shop.
