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
The décor is attractive but spare, and although she has lived there for two years, she has not entirely unpacked; suitcases and half-opened boxes of books lean up against one wall.
From The New Yorker ● May 11, 2015
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
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
So, given the faintest whiff of rebirth in the form of these wilted, half-opened petals, Taisin could not resist.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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