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Example sentences from the Web for half-fullAt an important Ebola meeting on Capital Hill last week, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill was shocked to find it half-full. Millions Promised for Ebola Not Adding Up|Abby Haglage|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST A half-full plastic water bottle balances on the ledge below a dirty mesh curtain tied in a knot. Golden Dawn’s Violent War Against Immigrants in Greece|Barbie Latza Nadeau|June 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST With the New Moon, Tuesday, cultivate a half-full perspective, appreciating your devotees instead of wooing those who dismiss you. Zodiac Beast: May 1-7|Starsky + Cox|April 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST "This went from the nether regions of the Internet to mainstream political debate," Pfeiffer told the half-full briefing room. Obama Releases Birth Certificate|Howard Kurtz|April 27, 2011|DAILY BEAST
And they communicated their enthusiasm until their half-full cups ranneth over. Dear Mr. President, Have the Guts to Be an Optimist|Mark McKinnon|February 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST "Not a bad old thing," she repeated, moving to secure a half-full glass. The Three Black Pennys|Joseph Hergesheimer Then at a half-full they shot it back at the cut—it worked as well one way as the other. The Nerve of Foley|Frank H. Spearman One storage tank underground was half-full of doctored fuel. Space Platform|Murray Leinster The bo'sun has cut adrift their ramshackle, old sieve of a boat, and she's now a quarter of a mile astern, half-full of water. Romance|Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer He stripped the cellophane from a drinking glass, poured it half-full of the amber liquor and drained it. Forsyte's Retreat|Winston Marks
adjective(of a vessel, place, etc) holding or containing half its capacity Words nearby half-fullhalf-forgotten, half-formed, half-forward, half frame, half-frozen, half-full, half gainer, half-gallon, half-glasses, half-grown, half-hardy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |