half-eaten
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Tables were covered with partially eaten starter salads and half-eaten bread rolls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Together, we mopped the floors, emptied the cabinets of half-eaten bags of pasta and threw away Tupperware with missing tops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
Video sent by Mr Swiacki to the BBC showed smoke filling the restaurant with half-eaten meals and takeaway boxes on tables.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
We believe in Santa and we never see him, just the half-eaten cookies and gifts he leaves behind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2024
They left him the rest of his clothes, his dried meat, and a half-eaten loaf of incredibly stale rye bread.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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