half-drowned

adjective

nearly dead or killed by immersion in liquidhalf-drowned crewmen lay on the planks

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Words nearby half-drowned

half dime, half dollar, half-done, half-dozen, half-dressed, half-drowned, half-drunk, half-duplex, half eagle, half-eaten, half-educated

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But this time it was the latch of the swing gate, half-drowned by the carriage wheels on the drive leading to the front door.
Sir Hilton's Sin|George Manville Fenn
Half-drowned and bruised as I was, this blow sent me back to the bottom of the boat like one already dead.
Kilgorman|Talbot Baines Reed
The half-drowned mother reached with one hand and seized it before it sank beneath the surface.
Hoofbeats on the Turnpike|Mildred A. Wirt
Steadily the gunboat drew nearer; the two half-drowned Americans were reached in a minute or two.
A Prisoner of Morro|Upton Sinclair

In this way poor Bombay returned to me half-drowned in perspiration.
The Discovery of the Source of the Nile|John Hanning Speke

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