half-convinced
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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
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
I've half-convinced myself through this isolation process that I want to become an urban farmer when this is all over because I have the smallest patch of grass and I'm like, "Ah, this is where I belong in the sunshine."
From Salon
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