Sentence examples for lackluster reading from inspiring English sources
The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index trailed other major market gauges, weighed down by a lackluster reading from Intel, the world's largest maker of microchips.
Wall Street stumbled for a third-straight session Tuesday, largely the result of European debt concerns and a lackluster reading on U.S. home prices.
Manufacturing growth helped offset a lackluster reading on U.S. consumer spending Monday morning and steer Wall Street to big morning gains to kick off an action-packed week.
The latest lackluster reading on the U.S. housing market was a drag Thursday, but a pep talk from a billionaire may send some nervous investors dipping back into stocks.
A lackluster reading on durable goods orders called the pace of the economic recovery into question yet again Wednesday, and a smattering of decent earnings reports weren't nearly enough to rouse stocks at the opening bell.
Wall Street halted a two-day slide Tuesday, making back nearly half Monday's losses thanks to solid earnings out of the retail sector and a production hike from a U.S. automaker that helped traders brush off another lackluster reading on the housing market.
Despite the lackluster sentiment reading, home builders Fluor, D.R. Horton, Toll Brothers, Lennar and KB Home were all trading in positive territory Tuesday as the broader market rallied on merger news.
At least until they read all the lackluster reviews about their supposed Jesusphone slayer.
Fiorina reads like a desperate, lackluster candidate who has the money to buy an election but not enough integrity to provide leadership and direction once she obtains the seat.
So while James Cross Giblin's latest, carefully researched biography, "The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy," may not always make for exciting reading (and is marred by lackluster design), it is nonetheless timely and significant.
Its protagonists often appear to be reading from a borrowed script, delivering lackluster renditions of the truly inspired negative campaign tactics that have made American politics a blood sport from the start.
