Sentences with phrase «halfhearted attempts at»

He was a dabbler, discarding careers in diplomacy and the military for halfhearted attempts at stock trading and journalism.
But companies have to make more than halfhearted attempts at collaboration: Instead, they're realizing only half of the value of collaboration by creating better ways to discuss ideas, but putting fewer of them in place.
They told him to pick it up but he only made a halfhearted attempt at it.
Not only is this a halfhearted attempt at capitalizing on yet another cult classic, but it has received the most offensive CSI - style glazing - over that the networks seem to think is what constitutes good story and visuals these days: Glamour, Glitz, Perfect Hair, Stylish Clothes, Fake Top 40 Music, Anorexic Women and let's not forget Flash Scene Cuts and Grotesque Overuse of CG Recoloring.
Not only is this a halfhearted attempt at capitalizing on yet another cult classic, but it has received the most offensive CSI - style

Not exact matches

But other than those and SMB1, Bowser's attempts at evil (if he even goes so far as to feign at evilness, which he doesn't in sport or racing games and rarely in RPGs) have always had a playful, halfhearted vibe to them.
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