Example Sentences

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"No, I hate them," was the answer, spoken half-savagely, for at that moment a tiny hand was deliberately laid on his, as Willie showed a disposition to be friendly.

From Bad Hugh by Holmes, Mary Jane

Only when the piano ceased did he awake to the fact, and then half-savagely he knocked out its half-consumed contents and turned inwards.

From The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)