Example Sentences

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At a pre-sentence hearing a fortnight ago, Wilkinson described feeling "half-alive" after the death of his "beautiful wife" and losing his two best friends.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

Tall, half-alive trees stretch up around them, making the growing twilight even darker.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2022

Half-born, half-alive, half-remembered, half-forgotten—shadow children who vanished into the lilac hedge or slipped between the bars of the cattle guards.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2018

In the meantime, he’s only half-alive and his reanimated body has an expiration date of just a few days.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2018

His great sable cloak stirred behind like something half-alive.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin