half-dead
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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That night he disappears and Louisa is found half-dead in the surf; she has to shine a light onto her past in an effort to heal this loss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
They’re half-dead, their money lines less stable, their leadership gone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
January, 1742: A company of starving, half-dead men on a ramshackle raft washed up on the Brazilian shore with an extraordinary tale.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
"I was taken from there half-dead when our forces liberated this place."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2022
The women are looking at him with horror, as if he’s a half-dead rat dragging itself across a kitchen floor.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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