Example Sentences

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In the alley behind, flies are breakfasting on a patch of distinctly human-looking, half-dried feces.

From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2015

I ran and snatched up four bunches of the half-dried bear grass.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

Mile after mile slipped to the rear, but slowly now, for the road was a constant succession of deep ruts, miniature mountain chains and great, half-dried holes of mud.

From The Auto Boys' Quest by Braden, James A. (James Andrew)

To this were added our weapons and other necessary equipage and a small quantity of half-dried meat, bringing our burdens up to an average weight of seventy pounds.

From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Bennet, Robert Ames

From the roof in each hut was hanging some dried and half-dried salmon.

From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by Landor, A. H. Savage