half-open
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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And that’s why at the base of the structure is a looping opening meant to signify a half-open doorway.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
She was in her bed, she recalls, and saw it perched on the sill of the half-open window.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2023
"When they take my photograph, my mouth's half-open or I'm bent over and it's like, 'Ozzy's on his last legs'," he said.
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2023
The puck shot off DeMelo and across the ice, where it glanced off Winnipeg’s Mason Appleton and slid directly into the half-open net.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023
The door leading up to the dentist's office and the gym was sagging off its hinges, half-open.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
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