half-opened
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Similar thefts appeared to take place in the small town of Vye Terre near Les Cayes, where a second AP photographer witnessed a group of men pulling large sacks from a half-opened container truck.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2021
In profiles, much was made of Yorke's childhood difficulties, the fact that he was born with one eye fixed shut and only subsequently half-opened by a series of failed operations.
From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2013
She stopped at a half-opened door and whistled.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 20, 2012
There are shelves of canned food, bags of dry pasta, piles of hand warmers and half-opened boxes waiting to be sorted.
From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2011
He made his way soundlessly to one side of the pulpit and slid through a half-opened door leading into what looked like some sort of office.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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