Sentence examples for lackluster in comparison from inspiring English sources

But Tokyo shares were lackluster in comparison with their U.S. peers, which rose to fresh 13-month closing highs after Mr. Bernanke reinforced expectations that interest rates would stay low to spur growth.

(TPG's returns have been lackluster in comparison).

Technically speaking, the stock's performance has been rather lackluster in comparison to its peers.

Batman was doing better, but his comics were "lackluster" in comparison to his earlier "atmospheric adventures" of the 1940s, and Wonder Woman, having lost her original writer and artist, was no longer "idiosyncratic" or "interesting".

Retailers blamed several factors for the downturn: a tight credit market, a poor housing market, unseasonably warm weather and a strong showing in September 2006, which made this year's performance lackluster by comparison.

(In comparison, the menu's relatively standard beef tartare is a bit lackluster).

It paled in comparison.

It suffers in comparison.

In comparison to Libya — where senior Qaddafi officials began jumping ship almost immediately, providing the opposition in that country with a cast of characters that was sufficiently capable to muster a National Transitional Council — Syria's efforts to forge a rebel leadership had been lackluster and inadequate.

In comparison, the U.S.

In comparison to what?