How to Use tepid in a Sentence
tepid
adjective
- He gave a tepid performance.
- My suggestion was given a tepid response.
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Instead, the slik, as the Dutch call the mud here, was silky and tepid.
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Elizabeth Hewitt,
Travel + Leisure,
2 July 2023
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Her hands are tepid, not cold, and her skin is soft and pale.
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Olga Tokarczuk,
The New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2021
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Rozin says the system worked like a dream, but the school’s response was tepid.
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New York Times,
27 Dec. 2021
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Since the news broke, the Dodgers have twice failed their fans with tepid responses.
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Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
15 July 2021
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The Kardashians are left to film their life with iPhones, and the vibe becomes tepid.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Nov. 2020
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The tepid response shouldn’t come as a surprise to Coleman.
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al,
25 Jan. 2023
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Large, firm-leafed plants may be cleaned with a soft sponge or cloth and tepid water.
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Tim Johnson,
chicagotribune.com,
29 Jan. 2022
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Not least in a year that’s so far seen the tepid The Acolyte and Masters of the Air aligned next to a string of sequels and reboots.
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Geoffrey Bunting,
TIME,
5 Aug. 2024
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The film opened to tepid business, but has remained a cult favorite since then.
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Tim Gray,
Variety,
26 July 2023
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Turn on some hot water so that the water is tepid, and use that to water plants.
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Dan Gill,
NOLA.com,
28 Oct. 2020
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Green should get off to a hot scoring start compared to his tepid start to last season.
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Michael Shapiro,
Chron,
19 Oct. 2022
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The offers Kimbrel received as a free agent were tepid at best.
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John Perrotto,
Forbes,
9 Apr. 2021
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The Kassab family blasted the city for its tepid response to the arson and theft in the downtown core on May 30.
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oregonlive,
2 Apr. 2022
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The service, which costs $15 a month for subscribers, got off to a tepid start in terms of subscriptions.
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Ryan Faughnder,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Nov. 2020
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That would follow tepid 0.3% growth in the second quarter.
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Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2024
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Still, the horsepower in its three-cylinder engine amounts to a tepid 76.
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Tom Krisher,
Fortune,
21 Aug. 2023
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The six-furlong sprint has drawn 10 entries, with Shaaz the tepid morning-line favorite at 7-2.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 July 2022
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Within his own party, voters have been tepid, at best, about the idea of a second term.
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David Lautersenior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2023
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The response from the Recording Academy was tepid at best.
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Washington Post,
15 Mar. 2021
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The whole thing is a classic dad scenario: big buildup, stiff commitment to the bit, tepid response.
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Phillip MacIak,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2023
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To date, the impact of bank-fintech partnerships have been tepid.
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Ron Shevlin,
Forbes,
17 May 2021
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Within a few years, amid the tepid growth that followed, Democrats yielded to deficit cuts to win back budget hawks.
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Roya Wolverson,
Quartz,
9 Mar. 2021
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There was tepid response to the 44-year-old Otzelberger’s hiring last March.
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Tim Bielik,
cleveland,
25 Mar. 2022
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His tepid response to the poll Tuesday night leaves the door open to him holding on to the top spot for an undetermined amount of time.
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Rachel Lerman,
Anchorage Daily News,
21 Dec. 2022
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Today's Bikini Today, after a few tepid years, the bikini has the wind in its sails.
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Manon Garrigues,
Vogue,
18 June 2024
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Blashill got fairly tepid response from fans, but at least there was no booing.
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Helene St. James,
Detroit Free Press,
22 Dec. 2022
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This weakness continued in Obama’s tepid response to the 2014 invasion of Ukraine.
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Mitch McConnell,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2024
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Deadline cited tepid box office — the show sold just 61 percent of the theater’s capacity on average — as the cause of the closure.
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Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
6 Dec. 2024
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