Example Sentences

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His passive discontent is conveyed through half-colored, half-finished backgrounds and the lazy yellow hue of the color palette, which evokes the drained feeling of being out in the sun too long.

From The Verge • Jun. 2, 2018

When I was 5 years old, we moved to Eden Park, a neighborhood adjacent to several black townships on the outskirts of Johannesburg — half-colored and half-black, my mother figured, like us.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2016

The leaves were about half-grown and half-colored, which means that they displayed an elegance of texture and hue most pleasing to see.

From Getting Acquainted with the Trees by McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace)