Sentence examples for lacking in conviction from inspiring English sources

Cohen's Hallelujah is ponderous, lacking in conviction and purpose.

Even their interest in the ghost that may dwell in the dark corners of the Pedlar seems tepid and lacking in conviction.

In a market clearly lacking in conviction for where to go next we again turn to the situation in Russia to provide a catalyst for market direction as we seem to have done repeatedly over the past few weeks.

They're not a precise description of what took place, as the two most eminent climate scientists who testified before the environment and public works committee, Christopher Field and James McCarthy, were not lacking in conviction.

Not only did an incredulous expression come over my uncle's face — raised eyebrows, marvelling nod — but the words just out of my mouth sounded alien even to me, pompous and lacking in conviction.

Indeed, after the failure of the alliance between moderate black Bishop Abel Muzorewa and white Prime Minister Ian Smith in the Zimbabwe independence elections, South Africa's internal political maneuvers looked increasingly desperate and lacking in conviction.

This reinforced her image as a political opportunist driven by polls, devoid of vision and lacking in convictions.

Romney, they quickly surmised, was a politician without a "core" -- utterly lacking in convictions, ready to alter his positions on a dime for the sake of political expedience.

By the late nineteen-fifties, the commanding examples of Pollock and de Kooning had spawned a "second generation" of grandiose pictorial rhetoricians who made up in attitude what they lacked in conviction.

Maybe there is some courage lacking in your conviction?

As leading shares staged a recovery from Monday's losses, albeit one lacking in much conviction on a so far quiet day, Imperial Tobacco was among the main gainers.