How To Use Lackluster In A Sentence

Unless you live in the tropics, even the most toned among us is apt to uncover lackluster skin when summer comes.
In a slow, lackluster way she began stripping the spell off the books. THE LIVES OF CHRISTOPHER CHANT
Orange is the perfect antidote when a garden looks lacklustre. Times, Sunday Times
Today his memory lives on, providing quality filler material for lackluster lists throughout the world.
Post-Civil-War America therefore seemed to exhibit the worst kind of small-minded, lacklustre parochialism, but it had coupled it with a loutish popularism.

Its nourishing shea butter formula also gives conditioning shine to lackluster locks.
Expect some shrill recorded sound and lacklustre orchestral playing. Times, Sunday Times
Retinol can help skin cells turn over faster so you won't have a lackluster complexion in the A.M.
Its stock market performance has been lacklustre and investors are being advised to stay away until full-year results are revealed next month.
Poor sentiment towards the technology sector was also blamed for the lacklustre performance.
He spent a decade toiling away as frontman for under- appreciated alt-rock band the Czars before finally gaining traction as a solo artist with last year's Queen Of Denmark, a collaboration with the band Midlake that rather outshone their own lacklustre recent album. This week's new live music
While her political future may be up in the air, Sarah Palin's populist star wattage remains undeniable as she basks in an undimmed political limelight for a core of supporters bored by what they describe as a lackluster Republican Party leadership and angry at the Obama administration's expansion of government and imposition of power. The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines
Rice jumped to defend the Obama Administration's lackluster performance by claiming that previous Iran resolutions were not unanimous during the Bush Administration and that there were "abstentions". Richard Grenell: Robert Gibbs' Foreign Policy Spin Job
These are tasty sweeteners, but the dissidents at Steel Partners offer something potentially more tempting -- more rigor and discipline at a rather lackluster wigmaker. Steel Partners' Latest Japan Tangle
Lacklustre performance failed to convince many to stay once the moratorium expired, however, prompting RAB to review its business and move to delist – a move formally announced last Friday.
Duncan Smith's uninspiring leadership and his lacklustre shadow cabinet failed to make any initial impact on the electorate.
The brewer said lackluster demand at bars and clubs was compounded by the dollar's drop against the euro.
Unless you live in the tropics, even the most toned among us is apt to uncover lackluster skin when summer comes.
Finally, for you curly heads, don't towel dry your hair because it'll break up your natural curl, creating lackluster, frizzy hair.
Orange is the perfect antidote when a garden looks lacklustre. Times, Sunday Times
He has come under fire for a series of lacklustre displays since his return from injury last month. The Sun
His uninspiring leadership and his lacklustre shadow cabinet failed to make any initial impact on the electorate.
Now your skin is lackluster and your eyes are sporting dark shadows.
The simple tricks are easy to execute, but the lackluster gameplay doesn't make combos any easier.
Sadly, the good vibes wore off very quickly as we became depressed by the gauzy colours, dark underpainting and lackluster watercolours.
He comes nearer and nearer, sizes up his victim with his bulging lacklustre eyes and drives it mad.
Start with "Lackluster Me," from the 2007 Anathallo is the Chicago-based art-house septette of collective vocal glory captained by Matthew Joynt (guitar, piano), with Bret Wallin (trombone), Danny Bracken (guitar), Seth Walker (bass), Jeremiah Johnson (drums), Erica Froman (autoharp), and Jamie Macleod (piano, trumpet). The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
They were 3-9 on the season and their play got more lackluster as the season grew on and rainouts outnumbered actual played games.
The novel's heroine, however, is so determined to have her day in church that when her lacklustre fiancé dumps her with six weeks to spare she madly decides to go ahead with the wedding anyway.
So you do wonder, if she knows that's the case, why David Cameron and the Shadow Cabinet have still been sent to "ginger up" her party's "lacklustre" performance North of the Border - again these are not my words, but instead the rather more scathing words of the Torygraph. Are The Tories Just A Party of The Home Counties?
Surely it takes more than a sly dig at her lacklustre routine and outfit colour to truly offend her? The Sun
Worst case: Lee polarizes the audience more than anyone left (except maybe Michael), and his balancing act could fall on the negative side with a stale song (possible, given this week's hoary movie-music theme) or a performance so lackluster that even the judges can hear it for what it is. Idol Meter final four: Which singer can out-sparkle Crystal?
If you're in the market for an answer to the sometimes-lackluster garage rock offerings, Reigning Sound might be just what you're looking for.
The current lackluster debate allows myths and credulousness to dominate the argument. To Heed President Obama's Call to Strengthen the EU, Britain Must First Have a Referendum on Whether to Stay in at All
A lacklustre budget could trigger a sell-off as investors recalibrate their expectations. Times, Sunday Times
Real-life DIs are generally lacklustre, dead-pan and dull - if you want proof, watch Crimewatch.
Skynet's performance and the lacklustre response prompted a more socially focused experience.
The great success of the first Tutankhamun exhibition resided in the sheer beauty and splendour of its contents, which triumphed over rather lacklustre presentation. Times, Sunday Times
Don't let the fact that its reputation was tarnished by several lackluster sequels blind you to the original's charms.
A great cast goes to waste in this lacklustre drama chronicling the ancient warrior's exploits. The Sun
Lacklustre ticket sales and a reduction in the space occupied by the festival was not enough to throw a dampener on Gig on the Green revellers.
Some iconic works have been imitated so often that the original, viewed years later, seems to appear faded and lacklustre.
Pleasantly in-the-face, the play divests mythological heroes of their aura and presents them in a lacklustre light.
After a lacklustre season he recaptured his form in style, winning as he pleased. Times, Sunday Times
The citing capped a miserable day for England after a lacklustre display in the tour opener. The Sun
He was built for speed but at the same time had an elegance that shone even through the dirt caking his lackluster body.
Despite criticisms of a lacklustre campaign by most of the leaders, 46 per cent say they have found the campaign interesting. The Sun
The citing capped a miserable day for England after a lacklustre display in the tour opener. The Sun
The lacklustre script gives the actors nothing to do and the villain is decidedly bland.
But they're not missing much - this lacklustre gaggle of wannabes spent practically all day lolling around in bed. The Sun
A great cast goes to waste in this lacklustre drama chronicling the ancient warrior's exploits. The Sun
On any other label, this could be the recipe for lackluster recordings by players better suited for small groups.
In true darts style, some of the lacklustre play was blamed on the drink - hangovers from the night before, that is.
On any other label, this could be the recipe for lackluster recordings by players better suited for small groups.
One reason behind the lacklustre performance of the businesses is massive shareholder dilution. Times, Sunday Times
It's better to have loved and lost than to be in a lacklustre and uninspiring relationship for the rest of your life.
The programme has become stale and lacklustre. Times, Sunday Times
Face the facts: Mr Gore waged a lacklustre, message-shifting campaign against the weakest Republican candidate in recent history.
The fallout prompted many retailers to caution Wall Street that their fourth-quarter earnings would be lackluster.
The sell-off was caused by lacklustre global growth and the spectre of deflation. Times, Sunday Times
The citing capped a miserable day for England after a lacklustre display in the tour opener. The Sun
The female leads were rather lacklustre in terms of sound quality and staging, with one notable exception.
Today brings a positive surge of energy over your recent lacklustre love life. The Sun
Expect some shrill recorded sound and lacklustre orchestral playing. Times, Sunday Times
After a lacklustre season he recaptured his form in style, winning as he pleased. Times, Sunday Times
The whole team produced a lacklustre display and created little until a final flourish in the 15 minutes.
Its stock market performance has been lacklustre and investors are being advised to stay away until full-year results are revealed next month.
Without that sop to shareholders, the response to its lacklustre interim results yesterday could have been even glummer. Times, Sunday Times
Lacklustre reviews had primed me for disappointment with this one, and perhaps that's why, as I turned each page, my delight and fascination grew.
It will be most obvious to you when, later, you try to retell it, matching my pace, embellishing the parts you thought were lackluster, trimming the places you thought were fatty.
There's a side plot involving some shady characters, but it's not explored or explained enough to hold these lackluster episodes together.
That's about all there is to the game, but just because the formula is simple, didn't need to mean the gameplay was lackluster.
You are the Chairman of the company that made it and the buck for lacklustre design stops with you.
Ghia trim heralds a huge list of goodies, but perhaps only to turn the attention away from the lacklustre dynamics.
The country's second-consecutive lackluster sugar cane harvest has also led to higher ethanol prices, which causes drivers of flex-fuel cars to opt to fill their tanks with gasoline rather than the alternative biofuel, Mr. Barbassa added. Petrobras Net Falls 26%
We've even used it at our Shape recipe taste tests - to spice up a lackluster frittata and an uninspired sandwich.
Senate race in Massachusetts on what they described as a lackluster campaign. WIBW - HomePage - Headlines
The Japanese track is simple stereo, which seems lackluster in comparison to the English dub.
Despite the lackluster dialogue, the cast strives mightily to bring some sincerity to their roles.
A "lacklustre" performance by Safety and Security minister ANC Daily News Briefing
Despite a lacklustre campaign, he deserves the chance to show what he can do. The Sun
He became a brilliant campaigner for his new party, far surpassing the lacklustre performance of his liberal and social democratic opponents.
Fingerprints were lifted from the bottle's neck, but the ridge detail - the smudge that reveals the print's loops and whorls - was of lackluster quality.
The unabashed display of political partisanship certainly added some spice to an otherwise lackluster campaign.
Lackluster economic growth and a precipitous fall in the stock market have hammered German banks.
It was so unlike his usual running style and looked worryingly lacklustre. Times, Sunday Times
It's better to have loved and lost than to be in a lacklustre and uninspiring relationship for the rest of your life.
Its nourishing shea butter formula also gives conditioning shine to lackluster locks.
His performances have been lacklustre and lacked bite. Times, Sunday Times
His campaign has been described as lacklustre, lacking in urgency and we still know very little about Gordon Brown the man. Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories
Instead, Greif sleepwalks a cast of second-tier talent through a lackluster, interminable script, all the while lending a dreary visual style to the film that makes it look like this week's damsel-in-distress sudser on the USA Network.
Expect some shrill recorded sound and lacklustre orchestral playing. Times, Sunday Times
The brewer said lackluster demand at bars and clubs was compounded by the dollar's drop against the euro.
ESPN often shows a lackluster interest in sports it or ABC do not have a stake in (Olympics, NASCAR, etc), but they overpromote the events (and non-events) they do have (NFL Draft, poker, darts, etc). The agony of the defeat of ABC Sports | EW.com
The lacklustre second-quarter performance has fuelled fears the economy could dip back into recession.
Just examine this limp, lethargic, lacklustre display. The Sun
This lacks integrity, depth and rigour, is unfair to theologians who would not be swayed by lacklustre science (as a one-way ticket) and is disingenuous to religious persons who would (unknowingly) hear only a one-sided view of ˜science 'in Christian student groups. The Memory Hole
Duncan Smith's uninspiring leadership and his lacklustre shadow cabinet failed to make any initial impact on the electorate.
But Japan has been wrestling for more than a decade with falling prices and a lacklustre economic performance.
Skynet's performance and the lacklustre response prompted a more socially focused experience.
The programme has become stale and lacklustre. Times, Sunday Times
His opponents within Labour say what they call his lacklustre leadership will ensure electoral defeat. OpEdNews - Quicklink: Ex-ministers call for Brown ballot
Their availability won't impact the chances of Paul Gallen earning a representative recall, with the Cronulla lock understood to have already had his name pencilled in by selectors keen to add some starch to the pack after a lacklustre performance in Origin I. "I'm not reading into it too much, all the media talk, we will see what happens," Gallen said. The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines
Gentleman's first two airings both drew lackluster ratings. CBS Moves How to Be a Gentleman to Saturdays, Rules Takes Thursday Slot
After lackluster previews, producer David Selznick feared for its American release and severely edited the film.
And while expensive star signings have won lacklustre ratings, the channel's film arm has produced a string of critical and commercial bombs.
LONDON—British supermarket giant Tesco PLC largely stanched the sales decline in its home market with smarter food pricing in the first quarter, but lackluster nonfood sales were hampered by weak consumer spending in the U.K., which is unlikely to improve in the near future. Tesco Sales Crimped by Wary Consumers
That's about all there is to the game, but just because the formula is simple, didn't need to mean the gameplay was lackluster.
The Rundown: It has been well over a decade since the last solo "Predator" installment, and while the dreadlocked alien hunters have appeared in other movies since, the lackluster quality of those "films" have depleted my enthusiasm for the franchise quite a bit. The Five Movies We Can’t Wait To See In 2010! » MTV Movies Blog
The lacklustre second-quarter performance has fuelled fears the economy could dip back into recession.
That will make their next year of study dull and lacklustre.
Martin O'Malley, criticizing the incumbent for what he called a lackluster legislative session Tuesday. Los Angeles Business News - Local Los Angeles News | Los Angeles Business from bizjournals
Ghia trim heralds a huge list of goodies, but perhaps only to turn the attention away from the lacklustre dynamics.
Some iconic works have been imitated so often that the original, viewed years later, seems to appear faded and lacklustre.
There's a fustiness about Mr. Beatty's uncharacteristically lackluster stage set, which he locates sort of in the 17th century. A Million Tartuffes Later, Is Moli��re Still Breathing?
The lacklustre session was characterised by a dearth of corporate news and subdued trading ahead of the weekend.
The coffee was strong, her grey eyes lacklustre, her dull hair stringy, just like during the torn days.
The coffee was strong, her grey eyes lacklustre, her dull hair stringy, just like during the torn days.
It was disappointing being so lacklustre after not scoring in two legs of a semifinal against Swansea. The Sun
Her relatively young and inexperienced opponent, whose lackluster business career was his main credential, seemed to be the least of her problems — especially when it came to speaking skills. When George Meets John
We've even used it at our Shape recipe taste tests - to spice up a lackluster frittata and an uninspired sandwich.
The first half was relatively lacklustre and despite some scoring opportunities the teams remained deadlocked at 0-0 at the break.
When he does receive a negative media hit in his search results, it tends toward allegations of a lackluster and coat-tails political career. Michael Fertik: DigitalDecision 2010: The Good, the Bad & the OMG Online
He comes nearer and nearer, sizes up his victim with his bulging lacklustre eyes and drives it mad.
All that blonde couldn't hide the lines in her face and all that tan couldn't hide the lacklustre ashiness of her skin. Archive 2006-08-06
The 36-year-old may well end up not being in charge for that game, given the lacklustre performance served up by his players as they were humbled. Times, Sunday Times
Such robust pieces of woodwork and skill didn't deserve such a lackluster fate.
Janis Joplin is the only artist at the top of her game; most of the other groups give lackluster and bland performances of their songs.
Alan Coutts, a leading UK ceramics collector and dealer, believes that Scottish collectables and antiques are providing a welcome alternative to lacklustre pension plans.
It is, on the face of it, a mute slab of pinkish grey meat sweating lightly in its clingfilm wrapper, a lacklustre staple of our English diet with nothing much to say for itself.
Today brings a positive surge of energy over your recent lacklustre love life. The Sun
Show Dry Is your hair looking a tad lacklustre? The Sun
UFC 108 has come under fire for what many call a lacklustre main card. Winnipeg Sun
Some entrees are lackluster: the best were roast chicken ($22), meatloaf ($19), and a grilled lamb sirloin ($24); best desserts, a rare stone fruit crisp that really is crisp ($8), and a Dutch-inspired dessert called banket, a lush combination of almond paste and flaky pastry ($8). NYT > Home Page
After this powerful display of sharp-edged swords, the choreographed mock fight presented by the dancers appeared a little bit lacklustre.
Instead of the normal, clear bright eyes that she had engraved in her mind, these eyes were bloodshot and lackluster.
The simple tricks are easy to execute, but the lackluster gameplay doesn't make combos any easier.
Australia is perhaps only weeks away from elections for a new federal government, yet we see the usual lacklustre, boring politics.
The lackluster performance ended one of the bumpiest years in the firm's 142-year-history with a thud that deepened questions about how Goldman, Morgan Stanley and other securities firms can expand without revving up some of the same risky practices that helped cause the financial crisis. Goldman Profit Is Pinched by New Rules
And it was no more than they deserved for a worryingly lacklustre display. The Sun
For example, she quickly transforms the lackluster Mulatto Boys Boarding School into a prosperous plantation serving also as a model institution, a battered wives refuge, and a night-time bordello for rich visitors.
The odd flash of something here and there, though generally lacklustre and disappointing. The Sun
Agricultural Bank shares made a relatively lacklustre debut, casting doubts over investor appetite for mainland banks.
Janis Joplin is the only artist at the top of her game; most of the other groups give lackluster and bland performances of their songs.
In arguably the most exciting crit nationals in years, first-year pro Daniel Holloway (Bissell) turned around what he called a lackluster season to finish fourth and secure the stars-and-stripes jersey ahead of Ken Hanson (Team Type 1). Daniel Holloway wins 2010 U.S. professional criterium championship
It has no scent, and goes on with a rather lacklustre sensation, but it does appear to have a definite improving effect. Times, Sunday Times
Sadly, the good vibes wore off very quickly as we became depressed by the gauzy colours, dark underpainting and lackluster watercolours.
Over the past year, for example, Mr. Rylance has increased the amount of divi dend-paying stocks, master limited partnerships and blue-chip stocks to about 25% of clients ' total portfolios from about 20% as a way to generate income in an otherwise lackluster yield environment. Is the Rally Over?
What's the best way to add sparkle to lacklustre hair?
On more than one occasion his label did a lacklustre job of promoting his record and were stuck with an office full of unsold albums.
Sadly, the good vibes wore off very quickly as we became depressed by the gauzy colours, dark underpainting and lackluster watercolours.
Derry's achilles heel so far in the current campaign has been a lacklustre, inconstant midfield.
Instead of the normal, clear bright eyes that she had engraved in her mind, these eyes were bloodshot and lackluster.
It was disappointing being so lacklustre after not scoring in two legs of a semifinal against Swansea. The Sun
Ellimere did organize a birthday feast in the Great Hall, but it was a lackluster affair, mainly due to Sam's depressing influence. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
The displays were drab, too few choices, the atmosphere lacklustre, the music no good, and worst of all, the attendants were complacent and inattentive.
After a lackluster performance, it was a cinch for the judges to send him home.
A great cast goes to waste in this lacklustre drama chronicling the ancient warrior's exploits. The Sun
Her ‘sisters’ in the same opera are similarly lackluster and technically unaccomplished.
The biggest concern for South Africa is the lacklustre performance of their feared pace attack. Times, Sunday Times
a dull lackluster life
Others fault the city for what they call lackluster attempts at outreach and law enforcement. Undefined
He conceded it was "overlong" and "drags to a lacklustre showdown" but said Ritchie's version of Victorian London's famous detective deserved a sequel. Mirror.co.uk - Home
Characterization, or rather the main protagonist, is without a doubt the biggest strength of the novel, before all other aspects - such as style, elements of "hard science", plotting or the lackluster worldbuilding. Archive 2008-06-01
The perma-tanned rugby star was desperate to impress after a lacklustre performance last week, but the judges panned his efforts, with his dance being described as "emotionless". WalesOnline - Home
He is widely credited with having coached Reagan to victory in the second presidential debate with Walter Mondale after Reagan had disappointed his partisans with what some call a lackluster effort in the first debate. The Volokh Conspiracy » David Addington on the FISA Court:
If your knicker drawer is looking a little lacklustre, now is the time to act. Times, Sunday Times
Retail giants reported lackluster sales in November despite markdowns on apparel, toys and electronics.
The unenthusiastic response to conventional arts and science courses is a pointer to the lacklustre job opportunities available for such courses.
But they're not missing much - this lacklustre gaggle of wannabes spent practically all day lolling around in bed. The Sun
He became a brilliant campaigner for his new party, far surpassing the lacklustre performance of his liberal and social democratic opponents.
Alan Coutts, a leading UK ceramics collector and dealer, believes that Scottish collectables and antiques are providing a welcome alternative to lacklustre pension plans.
His political career after 1945 was at best lacklustre, at worst woeful, but his achievements as a self-publicist were brilliant.
All this talk lately about lackluster teaching, insufficient test scores, and struggling kids slipping through the cracks of failing schools; yet the district goes and lops off a week's worth of school days. Brock Cohen: A Promise to the Students of an Uncool Teacher
The odd flash of something here and there, though generally lacklustre and disappointing. The Sun
The program included a lacklustre and flaccid account of Rossini's Overture to "La gazza ladra".
In a fairly lacklustre campaign all round, it is tempting to look beyond the main parties. Times, Sunday Times
It was so unlike his usual running style and looked worryingly lacklustre. Times, Sunday Times
The main characters are lacklustre, the jokes weak and the episodic story derivative.
The night's rare disappointment was Pablo Picasso's "Instruments de musique sur un gueridon," a blue-gray Cubist work painted just after the outbreak of World War I that was priced to sell for at least $32 million but stalled at $26.9 million after lackluster bidding. Art World's Stimulus Package:
A lacklustre budget could trigger a sell-off as investors recalibrate their expectations. Times, Sunday Times
His lackluster music making and routine pianism will hardly impress anyone who has heard far superior pianists of the same age.
His players certainly produced a lacklustre display. Times, Sunday Times
Yet, as the decade wore on and a succession of lacklustre releases followed to mixed reviews and declining, albeit still formidable, sales the proverbial chickens came home to roost.
His second term bogged down in disputes with the Legislature and seemed lackluster. Chron.com Chronicle
But Japan has been wrestling for more than a decade with falling prices and a lacklustre economic performance.
As our desultory, lacklustre conversation progressed, it became clear that he was expecting me to ‘pitch’ to him in some way.
Real-life DIs are generally lacklustre, dead-pan and dull - if you want proof, watch Crimewatch.
When the American consumer retrenches, as now seems inevitable (but don't ask me when), the result is going to be a nasty economic shock in countries where consumer demand is too lacklustre to pick up some of the slack.
But on certain iron-gray, lackluster Buffalo days with their diffuse and shadowless light you might be moved to take these symbols to heart.
He has fought a lacklustre campaign for the most powerful job in British local government. Times, Sunday Times
My blog-neighborliness has been sorely lacking lo these last few days, and can be expected to remain lackluster until I get back from NYC at the end of the week. These Foots Were Made For Walkin’ | Her Bad Mother
BLACKBURN - Sir Alex Ferguson admits Manchester United's lacklustre 0-0 draw against Blackburn yesterday has left Chelsea in control of the Premier League title race. TODAYonline
Post-Civil-War America therefore seemed to exhibit the worst kind of small-minded, lacklustre parochialism, but it had coupled it with a loutish popularism.
staring with lackluster eyes
The scholarship is substantial, but the writing is a bit dull and lackluster.
Lacklustre, uninspiring, steady, directionless and going sideways - these are the phrases traders have been using to sum up their working year.
A very lacklustre performance meant that the Killarney side made a tame exit from the glamour competition of Irish basketball.
Yesterday, on Fox News Sunday, Rice jumped to defend the Obama Administration's lackluster performance by claiming that previous Iran resolutions were not unanimous during the Bush Administration and that there were "abstentions". Richard Grenell: How'd We Lose Brazil, Turkey and Lebanon?
The great success of the first Tutankhamun exhibition resided in the sheer beauty and splendour of its contents, which triumphed over rather lacklustre presentation. Times, Sunday Times
The girl rejected for her admittedly rather lackluster braiding skills opened her mouth in wide-eyed surprise.
It was a fitting finale to a lacklustre World Cup campaign. Times, Sunday Times
The combat in Dues Ex is a bit lackluster due to the cumbersome controls of using a gamepad and because it utilizes the long-outdated unreal engine.
Surely it takes more than a sly dig at her lacklustre routine and outfit colour to truly offend her? The Sun
Tesco largely stanched the sales decline in its home market with food pricing in the first quarter, but lackluster nonfood sales were hampered by weak consumer spending in the U.K. What's News
At least Sex in the City ended with a good bonk, which provided a raucous end to another lacklustre last show.
I suspected that the local gods, having delivered a lackluster landscape, decided to make up for it by blessing the land with colorful rivers.
What's the best way to add sparkle to lacklustre hair?
Kasparov's recent performance had been lacklustre and many experts were predicting that Karpov was about to regain the world title.
The programme has become stale and lacklustre. Times, Sunday Times
Business activity remained "lacklustre" and purchasing managers reported a significant drop in inventory levels. ANC Daily News Briefing
Leon said Somalis had complained to the DA of the "lacklustre" response by police to their concerns. ANC Daily News Briefing
It is pretty much impossible to turn back the negative effects of ongoing sleep deprivation - when it starts showing up in lackluster skin and pouches under the eyes, it's way too late.
But it can sometimes miss individual stocks which are doing outstandingly well, despite being part of a sector which is regarded as lacklustre. Times, Sunday Times
In my opinion, Richard Powers in The Echo Maker is attempting to retain something of the experimentation of modernist psychological realism -- or at least its goal -- but as I indicated in my post on the novel, its lackluster execution in this book is for me another signal that the technique has become increasingly shopworn. Point of View in Fiction
However, for 2011 as a whole it predicts "lacklustre" 1.5pc growth, and 1.8pc next year. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
The scholarship is substantial, but the writing is a bit dull and lackluster.
But despite her lacklustre performance in the jungle, after seeing these smouldering pics any guy would become her fan again. The Sun
The quality of the video is also pretty lackluster, sporting weak black levels and generally dull colors.
The quality of the video is also pretty lackluster, sporting weak black levels and generally dull colors.
A very lacklustre performance meant that the Killarney side made a tame exit from the glamour competition of Irish basketball.
The Japanese track is simple stereo, which seems lackluster in comparison to the English dub.
I even wrote a couple of screenplays, both of which, in mangled form, made it to the big screen (don't ask, they embarass me since their ultimate form is not something I can really claim as mine anymore, not that I'd want to associate my name with their lackluster ickiness). Sinebuano
He has already been blamed for his party's lackluster performance during the election campaign.
It's better to have loved and lost than to be in a lacklustre and uninspiring relationship for the rest of your life.
That will make their next year of study dull and lacklustre.
When his lacklustre eyes fell on Chueh - hui's white face, Chueh - min cried in surprise, " What's wrong?
Its styling is bland, the engines lacklustre and interiors depressing.
His first couple of books were mysteries, and she said she liked them well enough, but by the time he started his third novel he was agitated about the lackluster sales, so he tried sexing things up.
Expect some shrill recorded sound and lacklustre orchestral playing. Times, Sunday Times
The Electoral Commission's postmortem examination into the 17 million abstainers found that they complained of a campaign ‘at best lacklustre and at worst negative in tone and too stage-managed’ - the money had made it worse.
Considering the strengths of the individual projects of this supergroup's members this is a lacklustre collaborative effort.
His short game, normally so reliable, deserted him somewhat and his general play was of the lacklustre variety rather than anything else. Times, Sunday Times
A great cast goes to waste in this lacklustre drama chronicling the ancient warrior's exploits. The Sun
Britain's number-one tennis player gave a disappointingly lacklustre performance.
Now your skin is lackluster and your eyes are sporting dark shadows.
All that after one of the most inept, lacklustre, disgusting, amateur performances in recent times.
They are free of the meagerness and nasty tannins that can beset lackluster Bordeaux years. A Refreshing Bordeaux
The curmudgeon felt their initial routine was too lackluster and "piddly" so he gives them a good ol 'kick in the butt, metaphorically speaking, of course. Reality TV Calendar Headlines
Despite this stellar past, Howard's law school has struggled in recent years with sagging enrollment and lackluster bar exam passage rates of its students.
A great cast goes to waste in this lacklustre drama chronicling the ancient warrior's exploits. The Sun
His opponents within Labour say what they call his lacklustre leadership will ensure electoral defeat. ' OpEdNews - Quicklink: Ex-ministers call for Brown ballot

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