The maid jerked a halfhearted attempt at a curtsey and went.

By drunkenly passing out in the middle of a halfhearted attempt at masturbation.

Everything gone.' He made a halfhearted attempt at a shrug, and tried to smile.

She makes a halfhearted attempt to swat our hands away.

He makes a halfhearted attempt to smooth my jacket.

More than one Strip establishment has made a halfhearted attempt to recreate a vintage diner experience.

I reached out and placed my hand on her arm in a halfhearted attempt at comfort.

Ki made a halfhearted attempt at knucklebones with Barieus and Lynx, but no one could concentrate.

She rose, made a halfhearted attempt to comb her fingers through her blond hair, and nodded.

From a stage in Indianapolis, Hillary made a halfhearted attempt to declare herself the victor of the night.

Then he'd made a sloppy, halfhearted attempt to get Moran and Jackson to tell a few tiny falsehoods.

She makes a halfhearted attempt to run away, fumbling with the front door until Jamie leads her gently upstairs.

Karen and Grady were making a halfhearted attempt to engage him in conversation, but his gaze was riveted on Lauren.

I made one more halfhearted attempt to reconcile by sending them that invitation to my graduation, and then I wrote them off.

I made a halfhearted attempt to kick him away, but he trapped my leg between his and proceeded to tickle me harder.

I made a few halfhearted attempts to play around with the numbers, but got nowhere with them.