Example Sentences

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Today, whenever I see an N.F.L. team backed up close to the end zone, I half-consciously assume the defensive coordinator is weighing the same three choices.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2016

As the two youngest guys at Cliffs, we were both, at least half-consciously, in the market for an age mate.

From The New Yorker • May 25, 2015

That was the peak of my paranoia, but it held on for several more days, as I read on the subway while half-consciously figuring out how I might theoretically escape to Canada.

From The Verge • Dec. 20, 2014

On the bright side, you no longer have to half-consciously fear turning 40 and, brimming with hope that the worst of the dread is behind you, move on to new dreadful things.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2014

The buried cider was half-consciously plotted at the hub of the carnival.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles