half-dead
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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A cull of these half-dead businesses is freeing up capital and labor for more entrepreneurial, productive firms, while also allowing those healthier companies to improve their own profitability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Win two do-or-die games for a team that suddenly feels like it’s already half-dead?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
January, 1742: A company of starving, half-dead men on a ramshackle raft washed up on the Brazilian shore with an extraordinary tale.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
"I was taken from there half-dead when our forces liberated this place."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2022
Ned and Julia had found the park an ugly, desolate place of sandy ridges and half-dead oaks, although Pearl had enjoyed trying to catch tadpoles in its pools of stagnant water.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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