half-closed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Your mouth will be full of gauze or cotton balls and your eyes will be half-closed like last call at a sports bar.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2025
"Speculation in concept stocks has been active throughout the year, and regulators have their eyes half-closed," said Huang Yan, general manager of Shanghai QiuYang Capital Co.
From Reuters • Nov. 1, 2023
As Nelson, pale with her steel blue eyes half-closed and crumpled on her side on a stretcher, was rolled into the house, the nurses unloaded their gear.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023
By this time Max has already got into the back of Kerry's van and is lying on his bed, his eyes half-closed, his tongue lolling from his gently panting mouth.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2020
Rabia sits on the swings, lifting her face to the sun with half-closed eyes.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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