half-full

adjective

1. (of a vessel, place, etc) holding or containing half its capacity

Example Sentences

While Roker Park's stands were often half-full, today there is a waiting list for Stadium of Light season tickets despite the ground's 48,000 capacity.

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You never know how these things are going to go, and as a general rule my child is more enthralled with a half-full plastic water bottle than any thoughtfully-chosen toy I hand him.

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Yet, Paul Thomas Anderson’s fun and fizzy adaptation views its Molotov cocktail as half-full.

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A source describes the Dane as a glass half-full type of manager.

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Even if “Sirât” proves half-empty instead of half-full, witnessing another audience gasp at its mean shocks will be sweet schadenfreude.

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