dying
adjective
ceasing to live; approaching death; expiring.
half-dying
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a word derived from
dying.
Example Sentences
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To the faint, half-dying Hugh, it seemed more like a dream than a reality—that familiar voice from home, and that dusky form bending over him so pityingly.
From Bad Hugh by Mary Jane Holmes
A sick half-dying man like that—the chances were enormous against his ever returning.
From Carlyon Sahib by Gilbert Murray
What a concourse!" he cried, casting up his eyes with an expression of half-dying fatigue, "are you not accablé? for my part, I hardly respire.
From Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 by Fanny Burney
The only man who was able to throw any light upon the subject was lying amongst them in an unconscious and half-dying condition.
From Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space by Jules Verne
Towards evening her strength failed; and when the hunter came up to her it was a poor half-dying deer that he found lying on the grass.
From The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
