How to Use tepid in a Sentence

tepid

adjective

• He gave a tepid performance.
• My suggestion was given a tepid response.
• Instead, the slik, as the Dutch call the mud here, was silky and tepid.
  — Elizabeth Hewitt, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2023
• Her hands are tepid, not cold, and her skin is soft and pale.
  — Olga Tokarczuk, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
• Wash the greens: Fill a sink or large basin with tepid water.
  — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 12 Dec. 2019
• The Canucks’ offensive push once Utah took the lead was laboured and tepid.
  — Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
• Rozin says the system worked like a dream, but the school’s response was tepid.
  — New York Times, 27 Dec. 2021
• The response was tepid at the time, the three would tell The Oregonian.
  — Eder Campuzano, OregonLive.com, 3 Mar. 2018
• Since the news broke, the Dodgers have twice failed their fans with tepid responses.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2021
• And yet, the team’s increase within the model was tepid.
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
• The Kardashians are left to film their life with iPhones, and the vibe becomes tepid.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2020
• The tepid response shouldn’t come as a surprise to Coleman.
  — al, 25 Jan. 2023
• Burr had made more tepid remarks about the threat in public.
  — Matthew Mosk, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2020
• Large, firm-leafed plants may be cleaned with a soft sponge or cloth and tepid water.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 29 Jan. 2022
• The general response to the bland Luyendyk this season has been tepid, to say the least.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 23 Jan. 2018
• 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.
  — Geoffrey Bunting, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
• But even the Iowans whose support Biden locked down months ago are often tepid about the choice.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2020
• 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
• Support of the plan at Tuesday’s announcement was tepid on both sides of the aisle.
  — Aubrey Nagle, Philly.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• But the tepid rebound is a sign that investors are still nervous.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 13 Aug. 2019
• Green should get off to a hot scoring start compared to his tepid start to last season.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 19 Oct. 2022
• Response to the third season of The Bear, one of the most beloved shows of 2023, was tepid and, in some cases, outright hostile.
  — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
• The offers Kimbrel received as a free agent were tepid at best.
  — John Perrotto, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
• So does the tepid level of approval from his own party.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2020
• The recovery from the Great Recession has been plagued by tepid wage growth of about 2% a year.
  — Andrew Khouri, latimes.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• The Kassab family blasted the city for its tepid response to the arson and theft in the downtown core on May 30.
  — oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2022
• The service, which costs $15 a month for subscribers, got off to a tepid start in terms of subscriptions.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2020
• Captain America: Brave New World was met with tepid reviews and a sluggish box office.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
• After all, European growth has been tepid in the past decade, particularly compared to the US and China.
  — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025