It was subdued little troop that negotiated the descent listened halfheartedly to the guide's descriptions information.

That evening, after supper, the guests were largely gathered in the music room, halfheartedly listening to Lady Merridale play the piano.

She twirled a delicate crystal goblet of wine between her fingers, only halfheartedly listening to their bickering.

McCoy, who had been listening halfheartedly at best, suddenly straightened up and went back over what Spock had said, sorting through the technicalities.

On the front lawn, parents and relatives listen halfheartedly, stare at the ground, doze in their chairs.

Roger Brooks listened halfheartedly as Fox marshaled his arguments.

Wren listened halfheartedly, more interested in the tale of how the Elves had come to Morrowindl.

Toying with a beer, I listened halfheartedly to the raucous conversation of a group of newly arrived FACs, still awaiting their duty assignments.

The three adults, preferring a more placid mode of digestion, lay back in armchairs, halfheartedly listening to a Haydn symphony on gramophone records.