Example Sentences

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Abandoned strollers and empty lawn chairs, some with half-consumed drinks in the cupholders, were lined up along the sidewalk.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2022

She refrigerates half-consumed bottles, determined never to waste a drop.

From Washington Post • May 18, 2022

The bats, messy eaters, dropped their half-consumed meals.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2021

Still, let’s not deny the right of a free people to express their opinions about the products they’ve consumed, or half-consumed, or barely even consumed, or merely thought about consuming.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2019

The heat was intense, so that the men and lads who ran in to throw back half-consumed ends did so with their faces averted.

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver