half-filled
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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At what was to be the climactic finale of the show, however, fireworks began to take off horizontally, headed into the half-filled stands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
On a recent evening, Pike walked through the half-filled dining hall near his dorm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
But the church’s failure to address changing social mores is playing out in half-filled pews across the Western world.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
On a recent weekday she sat in a formation of half-filled produce boxes, silently packing everything she owns as she prepared for her house to be demolished.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2023
I started dragging things from all over the kitchen and piling them up against the door—a barrel half-filled with drinking water, a scuttle half-filled with coal and several tin chairs.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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