How to Use tepid in a Sentence

tepid

adjective
  • He gave a tepid performance.
  • My suggestion was given a tepid response.
  • Her hands are tepid, not cold, and her skin is soft and pale.
    — Olga Tokarczuk, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
  • And the job market is tepid at best.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 30 May 2026
  • Rinse with tepid water and a rag or sponge.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Rinse with tepid water and a rag or sponge.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Yeah, nations look tepid, right?
    — NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
  • As for the tepid run-up to this World Cup?
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 13 June 2026
  • But that tepid growth came with a big caveat — a much lower bar for sales.
    — Pia Singh,yun Li, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Even the crowd pops on the bigger moments felt tepid.
    — Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 18 Mar. 2026
  • There’s no more space for tepid or lukewarm content.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The gasps, the silence, the tepid applause.
    — Alex Connor, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Instead, the slik, as the Dutch call the mud here, was silky and tepid.
    — Elizabeth Hewitt, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2023
  • Rozin says the system worked like a dream, but the school’s response was tepid.
    — New York Times, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Fill your sink with tepid to warm water and add a mild detergent.
    — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2025
  • But the tepid rebound is a sign that investors are still nervous.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 13 Aug. 2019
  • The few states that have rolled them out have seen only tepid responses.
    — NBC News, 12 June 2020
  • Uthmeier was anything but tepid.
    — Dan Sullivan, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Both their tepid offense and the warm weather recalled those days.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The film opened to tepid business, but has remained a cult favorite since then.
    — Tim Gray, Variety, 26 July 2023
  • Turn on some hot water so that the water is tepid, and use that to water plants.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Use tepid water, not cold, to water your orchid.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Green should get off to a hot scoring start compared to his tepid start to last season.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Since the news broke, the Dodgers have twice failed their fans with tepid responses.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2021
  • Yet, the other five matches show tepid demand.
    — Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
  • Fill a glass or a vase with several inches of tepid water.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The offers Kimbrel received as a free agent were tepid at best.
    — John Perrotto, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Something gets lost, though, in tepid consensus.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The Canucks’ offensive push once Utah took the lead was laboured and tepid.
    — Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Still, the underlying trend for hiring is tepid at best.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026

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