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How to use lukewarm in a sentence

16 example sentences · adjective

Lukewarm means between warm and cool. Example: “Wash it in lukewarm water.”

Examples of lukewarm by meaning

adjectiveBetween warm and cool.

  • Wash it in lukewarm water.
  • My curry is lukewarm.

adjectiveUnenthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).

  • The suggestion met with only a lukewarm response.
  • The centre-vestibule "open" type of coach, which met with a very lukewarm reception when first introduced over half-a-century ago, is now used in increasing numbers as a non-dining vehicle.1957 July, D. S. M. Barrie, “Sixty Years of British Express Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 457

More sentences with lukewarm

  • Had two showers, one lukewarm and one lukecool, in a cold house on successive rainy days.2022 March 11, Linda Swan Burhenne, A Widow's Tale, Covenant Books, Inc., →ISBN. From the entry lukecool
  • Guards brought him lukewarm phở, soup with stringy greens and various scraps of meat, fat, and vegetables.2019, Alvin Townley, Captured: An American Prisoner of War in North Vietnam, Scholastic Focus, →ISBN. From the entry phở
  • Maybe in a lukewarm shower if the Bbros were off property.2017, K.A. Mitchell, chapter 3, in Relationship Status, Carina Press. From the entry bohemianly
  • You know, I am so glad I never did it with someone I had lukewarm feelings for.1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Cher (Alicia Silverstone). From the entry brutally
  • Japanese tea is made with lukewarm water, the lukewarmer the water the better the tea.1985, Travellers' tales of old Japan, page 226. From the entry lukewarmer
  • Compare SudhoS's informed appreciation of medieval medicine and sanitation with Coulton's lukewarmer and vaguer account.1973, The Condition of Man, page 444. From the entry lukewarmer
  • Jennifer sat down at our table, where Sarah and I dunked the ponchiki doughnuts in lukewarm grey tea.2016, Melissa Burch, My Journey Through War and Peace: Explorations of a Young Filmmaker, Feminist and Spiritual Seeker, Claremont, N.H.…. From the entry ponchik
  • OVA (Sclerocarya birrea) The bark is pounded and added to lukewarm water which is taken as a remedy for mouthsore.1987, Kamoji K. Wachiira, Women's use of off-farm and boundary lands. From the entry mouthsore
  • After sumacking rinse the leather in lukewarm water, and a nice russet is the result, ready for colors or russet.1910, Louis A[ndrew] Flemming, “Section Eight. Methods of Bleaching Leather.”, in Practical Tanning: A Handbook of Modern Processes…. From the entry sumac
  • Many gardeners are lukewarm toward poinsettias.1988 December 23, Henry Mitchell, “‘Rotten’ gifts for gardeners grow cheer”, in The Daily Sentinel, volume 97, number 23, Grand Junction…. From the entry Scroogesque
  • In each hand he holds a parcel, one containing a lukewarm pig's crubeen, the other a cold sheep's trotter, sprinkled with wholepepper.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 15: Circe]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC. From the entry crubeen
  • Apply a smooth paste of babchi seeds, poppy seeds, black cumin and dried copra (coconut) and allow it to remain for 3 hours before washing off in lukewarm water.2003, T V Sairam, Healing with Gemstones and Crystals, page 171. From the entry babchi

Meaning of lukewarm

  1. adjective Between warm and cool.
  2. adjective Unenthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).

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Questions about lukewarm in a sentence

How do you use lukewarm in a sentence?
Lukewarm is used as an adjective. For example: “Wash it in lukewarm water.”
What is a short sentence with lukewarm?
“My curry is lukewarm.”
What does lukewarm mean?
Lukewarm means between warm and cool.

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