half-convinced
Britishadjective
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I accepted his request cautiously, half-convinced it wasn’t really him.
From Los Angeles Times
The heavy beats work best as a metronome for the tennis fans in the stands whipping their heads between volleys, although for a while, I was half-convinced that they were also the hold music filling Art’s head whenever his wife wasn’t lecturing him about his game.
From Los Angeles Times
But in truth, I think a lot of journalists half-convinced themselves that voters would break to a non-Trump alternative at the last minute for a simple reason: The Republican Party in Iowa is controlled, more than in most states, by evangelical voters.
From Salon
She’s fictional, but Lacey animates her so fully that I’m half-convinced she might be alive out there somewhere.
From Los Angeles Times
It had been so long — despite our intimate-feeling online friendship — that when I reached out to her to have breakfast a few weeks ago, I was half-convinced she would say no.
From Seattle Times
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