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"Half-heartedly" Quotes from Famous Books

... do it?" queried Griswold, half-heartedly. After the heavens have fallen, no mere terrestrial ...

— The Price • Francis Lynde

... Little Doctor, the Old Man and the whole world. Pink even meditated going up to the White House to lick Chip—or at least tell him what he thought of him—and he had plenty of sympathizers; though they advised him half-heartedly not to buy in ...

— The Flying U's Last Stand • B. M. Bower

... satisfaction. It, therefore, became incumbent upon him to keep his word. He had begun his persistent annoying of Constance, convinced that, unable to endure it, she would resign and leave the field of honor free to the French girl. But Constance did nothing of the sort. She stood her ground, half-heartedly at first, but afterward, with Marjorie's words ringing in her ears, she exhibited a steadiness of purpose ...

— Marjorie Dean - High School Sophomore • Pauline Lester

... spare time too, were always at the service, not only of his friends, but often of those who were scarcely more than mere acquaintances. The amount of work which he cheerfully imposed upon himself in this way was astounding and never was it done grudgingly or half-heartedly, but always promptly and generously. It afforded him a pleasure that only one endowed as he could feel. This part of him was often the subject of talk with those of us who knew him well. But what charmed ...

— Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland • Joseph Tatlow

... some effect, for two of the fellows began to look here and there among the lumber, but half-heartedly, I thought, and with half an eye to their own danger all the time, while the rest stood irresolute on ...

— Treasure Island • Robert Louis Stevenson

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