Sentence examples for lackluster state from inspiring English sources

The theater is in a lackluster state due to the quality of writing.

Alleged lackluster state and federal responses have come under fire in recent weeks.

Mr. Fallows said that attendance was down not because of the terrorist attacks but because of the lackluster state of the industry.

He could not say why the Knicks had arrived at this lackluster state, but he knew he needed to find a solution quickly before their season spun out of control.

Fortunately, while this represents a lackluster state of affairs, it's not unprecedented: both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation launched without distinctive games, and after the blockbuster Wii Sports, the Wii's lineup was similarly starved.

In recent weeks, Peter Olson, chief executive of Bertelsmann's Random House division, laid the groundwork for the cutbacks by issuing unusually pessimistic public statements about the lackluster state of the business, even appending them on occasion to apparently unrelated press releases about executive changes.

Does this learned behavior lead to a waiting for superior syndrome where students graduate from high school in a lackluster autonomous state and look to a superior for guidance, like a boss assigning a job? 1. Go on unemployment.

"It is shocking that with the number of elderly in the US, our trillion-dollar healthcare system and our two hundred billion dollar home healthcare system, we suffer from monumental issues in efficiency, delivery, failure, incompatibility, and lackluster care," stated Josh Bruno, whose firm uses technology to improve quality and proficiency in the home healthcare system.

But the lackluster Kansas-State-Michigan matchup fell flat quickly, and the crowd another light gathering that didn't even fill the lower bowl seemed to have wished this one was played at MetLife Stadium.

While many reviews applauded the single-player campaign, the multiplayer mode bore the brunt of the game's criticism, with MacDonald, Speer and Miller all finding fault with it, describing it as lackluster and stating that the difference between the developer's vision for the game mode and the finished product made it difficult to enjoy.

Mr. Perry's decision to withdraw likely means the end of a political career that was remarkable in Texas but lackluster beyond his state's borders.