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less heat (or enthusiasm) than might be expected

His arguments that I did not follow the chain of command were a bit tepid after that.
Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide

Hizdahr, of the tepid kisses.
George R.R. Martin -- A Dance With Dragons
Where did you get the notion—what made you think you could serve me this tepid bilge with even a glimmer of hope I would drink it?
Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
His face splashed into shallow tepid water, which gurgled around him and ran up his nose.
Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park
Her handmaids filled the tub with tepid water that stank of sulfur, sweetening it with jars of bitter oil and handfuls of crushed mint leaves.
George R.R. Martin -- A Game of Thrones
It was to be worse than jail, even; the tepid waters of Cordelia Street were to close over him finally and forever.
Willa Cather -- Paul's Case
After the first shock of cold had passed and he came back to the surface the water seemed tepid.
Albert Camus -- The Plague
In the tepid wind they felt the plague.
Sinclair Lewis -- Arrowsmith
And then we fought, my dad and I, while we crunched burnt toast and swigged tepid tea.
David Almond -- Skellig
Faced with trouble at home and pressure from abroad, P. W. Botha offered a tepid, halfway measure.
Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
The water was crystal clear and warm as a tepid bath.
James Vance Marshall -- Walkabout
It hadn't given him much pleasure to settle for tepid water after a long day on the road.
Nora Roberts -- Summer Pleasures
It was tepid, only faintly effervescent, delicious.
Cormac McCarthy -- All the Pretty Horses
The small group on the right erupted in wild cheering, while the larger audience on the left applauded tepidly.
Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
In the prairie heat she trudged along unchanging ways, talked about nothing to tepid people, and reflected that she might never escape from them.
Sinclair Lewis -- Main Street
Simon poured a glass full of the tepid liquid and brought it to Maia.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Ashes
Heavy thunderstorms rolled into Atlanta early in the week and hovered overhead, soaking the field into a tepid mush, like a cotton mop dunked in a bucket.
Warren St. John -- Outcasts United
The shock experienced by John Adams on his first arrival in France was tepid compared to that of his wife.
David McCullough -- John Adams
The damp logs in the fireplace make the house smoky and give off a tepid heat.
Christina Baker Kline -- Orphan Train
Before dialing, he found it all too easy to imagine that she'd answer with only tepid enthusiasm.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Longest Ride

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