half-deserted

adjective

(of a place) not having many inhabitants, visitors, etc

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Historical Examples

The streets of Lowestoft were sloppy and half-deserted as we drove through them.
Dross
Henry Seton Merriman
The half-deserted dining-room, the fateful hour—Chauvelin on the watch!
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy
Because the half-deserted Skating Rinks are so very amusing.
Mr. Punch at the Seaside
Various
Then we reached the scenes of early-day mining and half-deserted towns known to Bret Harte and the days of gold.
A Backward Glance at Eighty
Charles A. Murdock
The half-deserted streets and barricaded houses filled her with uneasy tremors.
A Friend of Caesar
William Stearns Davis

half-deserted

Examples from the Web for half-deserted

Historical Examples

The streets of Lowestoft were sloppy and half-deserted as we drove through them.

The half-deserted dining-room, the fateful hour—Chauvelin on the watch!

Because the half-deserted Skating Rinks are so very amusing.

Then we reached the scenes of early-day mining and half-deserted towns known to Bret Harte and the days of gold.

The half-deserted streets and barricaded houses filled her with uneasy tremors.