Sentence examples for lackluster state of from inspiring English sources

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

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.

Yesterday, I gave Yahoo some grief over their search product on the consumer end after a lackluster state of search event.

After a lackluster State of the Union address, President Obama demonstrated his formidable intellect, his rhetorical skill, and his considerable charm during an exchange with the House Republican caucus in Baltimore on Friday.

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

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.

Of course, perhaps the real story here is that beneath its confident veneer is a Bush campaign that's every bit as concerned about its current lackluster state as its donors are.

They plenty of a lot of energy to digest and give us the need to finish a project and rest; possibly they can put the mind in a lackluster state.

Given the current state of Hollywood thriller-making, which manufactures "surprise twists" by the gross and slaps them like garish party hats onto lackluster stories, the pleasures of "Spartan" should not be undervalued.

Take for the instance, the lackluster sale of telecom spectrum just last week.