half-filled
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The police found a plastic bottle half-filled with water covered in fingerprints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
He was only given a tiny paper cup, half-filled with water that “vanished in a sip.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
That was a lot of baggage to lug into a half-filled stadium for a three-year-old bowl game, and the weight on Kelly at halftime surely was enormous, and then …
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 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
Instead, I relieved myself where they did: in a room that contained a shiny white bowl half-filled with a small pool of liquid.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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