Example Sentences

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He hefted his partner to his feet and half-carried him into the upstairs bathroom.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2023

Within two months more, he is unable to stand or walk, has to be half-carried to tribal pig feasts.

From Time Magazine Archive

For most of the morning, the Texan was half-led, half-carried down the slope, at one point sitting still while he was secured with rope and lowered like a 200-lb. rucksack.

From Time Magazine Archive

A young man in mechanic's cap and windbreaker half-carried a little old man down the long green corridor to "Male Examining."

From Time Magazine Archive

My mother half-carried and half-dragged me to the cardboard mat and laid me down, swaddling me in a black blanket.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane