Example Sentences

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She was dismayed that she was being forced to do a rush job and seeing her tips drop off accordingly as guests returned to find half-cleaned rooms.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2016

Of course I hurried away with my boots half-cleaned, and so I have to hurry through life—a miserable man, suffering unheard-of torment, but with no one to pity me.

From Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season by Fenn, George Manville

In an arm-chair before the fire Geoff was contentedly dozing with the bog-mud steaming from his boots and a half-cleaned gun across his knees.

From The Education of Eric Lane by McKenna, Stephen

The air was mouldy and heavy with decay, while strings of fish-tails and of half-cleaned dog and crocodile skulls did not add to the wholesomeness of the place.

From Adventure by London, Jack

In the immediate foreground, beneath our very eyes, was the small yard with the half-cleaned motor-car standing in it.

From The Poison Belt by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir