Sentence examples for respond halfheartedly from inspiring English sources

We needed to take her through two sets of obedience classes and extra private lessons in order to get her to respond halfheartedly to the simplest of commands.

By then, their spirit had waned, and they responded halfheartedly to the artificial stimulation.

Pretty, Jessica responds, halfheartedly.

Responding to Ms. DeMoro's assertion that the union had entered a sweetheart deal in which it would bargain halfheartedly, Mr. Regan noted that after unionizing 550 nurses at a Catholic Healthcare hospital in Lorain, Ohio, the service employees staged two contentious strikes in an effort to obtain a contract.

We locked up halfheartedly.

The students chuckled halfheartedly.

Mum remonstrated with him, halfheartedly.

Several dancers launched themselves halfheartedly.

"I suppose," he said halfheartedly.

Polls show that Americans only halfheartedly support immigration, and less than halfheartedly in hard times.

Klitschko swung halfheartedly, out of range.