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Meanings of halfhearted effort in inglés

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Usage of halfhearted effort in inglés
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Usually there is a halfhearted effort to place a couple of calls.
Ford county: stories
2
The President offered a halfhearted effort at a smile.
First contact: or, it's later than you think
3
Carson's campaign was disorganized and he seemed to make only a halfhearted effort to win over voters.
Reuters
4
Manny sighed in a last halfhearted effort.
I'll never get out of this world alive
5
The scene of the morning recurred to my mind, and my halfhearted effort to prevent him from accompanying us.
Parkhurst Boys, and Other Stories of School Life
6
I make a halfhearted effort to push my hair out of my eyes and realize it's matted into clumps.
Mockingjay
7
When the next compy came up and bit his ankle, he made only a halfhearted effort to kick it away.
Jurassic Park
8
Every now and then Lula and I make a halfhearted effort to track him down, but we've never had any success.
Hot six
9
A halfhearted effort was made to harness her up to "Elizabeth," but she flatly declined to answer to the appellation.
A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill
10
They made halfhearted efforts to get me to stay, but I waved them off.
The Girls
11
A couple of policemen made halfhearted efforts to get between the Freedom Party men and the Negroes.
American empire: blood and iron
12
Despite his halfhearted efforts to make up and move on, it was not Nick who had offered me ten thousand dollars to stay the week.
The Lost Sisterhood
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