Example Sentences

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The worst was probably over, though Britain was half-afloat with record-high spring freshets.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cargo-lighter, relieved of its precious burden, rocked feebly, half-afloat, with her fore-foot on the sand.

From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Conrad, Joseph

The boat, which rolled slowly, half-afloat and half-ashore, was bordered by a fringe of silver.

From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir