half-long
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Julio Urías only recently returned from a month and a half-long absence with a hamstring strain.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2023
The mile and a half-long hike takes him about 35 minutes.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2021
The former documentary filmmaker has a puckish charm to him, more than a little Gallic—he was raised in Paris—with half-long hair and a wry sense of humor.
From Slate • Oct. 11, 2013
Forms of head pruning: A, spur pruning with high trunk; B, spur pruning with medium trunk; C, half-long with medium trunk.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.
She was given half-long skirts and French and English governesses: the French one, though she did not yet know it, as a preparation for sending her to a Paris convent.
From The Story of Louie by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
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