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Definition of half-dead in English: half-deadadjective In a state of extreme exhaustion or weakness. he stumbles back into town, half-dead from exposure Example sentencesExamples - We were half-dead by the time we were back at the point where the tunnels forked.
- Ten years ago, he found you half-dead in the snow.
- They are pale skinny people who look half-dead.
- Having found the den, she rests in the shade of a half-dead tree.
- Several years ago, I found a half-dead carp flapping around on the surface of the pond.
- At last we may breathe some life into this half-dead institution.
- The yellow lighting makes everyone look half-dead or badly bruised.
- I pointed to the closet where she used to keep our half-dead worm army.
- Most of the birds are half-dead from fear or the injuries they suffer, by the time they reach the destination.
- I have been sitting on a comfortable chair in a pleasant room doing very straightforward work with nice people, yet I am half-dead with tiredness.
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