half-grown
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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A few hours later pugmarks from three cats were spotted together—the mom, her half-grown son and the baby, reunited.
From Scientific American • Apr. 22, 2023
The wind billowing out the seat of my britches, My feet crackling splinters of glass and dried putty, The half-grown chrysanthemums staring up like accusers … And everyone, everyone pointing up and shouting!
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2021
I get that Dart was implied to be the slug Will barfed up last year, but how did we go from one full-grown Demogorgon to like, a hundred half-grown demo-dogs?
From The Verge • Oct. 31, 2017
Later that fall, a coyote trapper caught two half-grown animals, and noticing their difference from typical coyotes, contacted the DNR.
From Washington Times • Mar. 2, 2015
“As if they could help forgetting! Why, in a month or two—three at the most—they won’t even know what my name is—silly cuckoos! Silly, half-grown, featherless cuckoos! Ha! Ha! Ha!”
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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