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
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
Major League Baseball also plans to start its season in late July; during baseball games, teams and coaches and staffers sit next to each other in a half-closed dugout for three hours.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2020
His dæmon, Hester, crouched at his elbow on the bar, eyes half-closed as usual, ears flat along her back.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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