half-dressed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The weekly social media posts published by Cristiano Ronaldo this offseason typically have shown the soccer superstar half-dressed, muscles bulging, either working out or promoting one of his many brands.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
In someone else’s video posted to Facebook, she is seen standing outside the Capitol door, not far from a half-dressed man in a headdress, the so-called QAnon Shaman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2021
Fuertes lay half-dressed in 32-degree weather, conscious but “incoherent” at 2 a.m.
From Fox News ● Jan. 16, 2020
Feeling free and looking insane, I wander half-dressed through my apartment on my phone, hunting for snacks.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2019
He knew the schoolboy would huddle in that alley for a long while, weighing the shame of appearing half-dressed in the street with the need to get home and tell what had happened.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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