How to Use lackluster in a Sentence

lackluster

adjective
  • The crop this year is kind of lackluster in my eyes.
    — Charlie Harding, Vulture, 15 May 2026
  • For each, the last half-dozen of those games have been lackluster.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Can’t put out a great record and then go play live and just be lackluster.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 13 July 2022
  • Fitbit’s patent is cool, but its last few months have been lackluster.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 10 Feb. 2023
  • But her funds’ lackluster showing this year pales next to last year’s surge.
    — New York Times, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Turns out, price-conscious gifts don’t have to be lackluster.
    — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2021
  • This site is lackluster, but a good option for those who might need to break up a long day.
    — Cassidy Randall, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
  • But the response has been so lackluster.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Seasoned with salt air, even the most lackluster sandwich takes on a glow.
    — Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • While the offense has been great, the pitching has been lackluster at best.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Does the end of ‘easy money’ mean the end of lackluster training?
    — Byjane Thier, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Read more on how the opaque drug pricing process leads patients to choose this lackluster hack.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The stars who needed to be stars had lackluster seasons.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • His bat has also been lackluster.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But even that outing, against a lackluster offense, came with red flags.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Using the wrong products for your hair type can lead to oily roots, flaky skin and lackluster strands.
    — Caitie Kelly, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The film was met with tepid reviews and a lackluster box office return.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Mookie Betts shake off a hip injury and a lackluster first half?
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 31 July 2021
  • The lackluster effort was truly an off night.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Some sellers in the area have been shocked by lackluster interest in their homes.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
  • No excuse for, at the very least, a loss of style points, for lackluster performances.
    — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2021
  • The lackluster day came in a busy week for corporate earnings.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Don’t stumble through the season with a lackluster backyard or front porch!
    — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Rock didn’t seem to be warming to the crowd’s lackluster reception.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Pittman didn’t mince words about the lackluster performance against the Tigers.
    — Nubyjas Wilborn | [email protected], al, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Even though he's liked by everyone, at the end of the day his gameplay, at least from my side, was lackluster.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Young was great in Year 2, even if the pieces around him produced a lackluster defense.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The lackluster start of the second show of the new season could have used some stupid lizard trash energy.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2021
  • An assistant coach from the other side of the court yelled about the lackluster defense.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Something about the recycled air on a plane has a way of making your skin look and feel parched and lackluster.
    — Chris Heasman, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024

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