half-full

British  

adjective

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

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half-full

Some 15,000 tickets were sold for today, yet the ground was not half-full when play began.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

It’s beyond cool that I can talk about it now without really going there — ’cause I’ll go if I go there — but I think, in general, my attitude is my glass is half-full.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

Here are the ways I use it most—especially in that final stretch, when the tub is half-full and time is running out.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026

“I’m a glass half-full guy about Boulder,” said Sloss, the producer and sales agent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026

“Fill it about half-full of grass and leaves.”

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls