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But this indeed renders him almost innocent, for being apart from all belief, he cannot tear up the Holy Church like those who remain attached to her by some half-severed, still bleeding limb.

From The Queen Pedauque by Stritzko, Jos. A. V.

A few feet distant lay a ham, with a knife sticking in a half-severed slice.

From Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation by Knox, Thomas Wallace

But either some unconscious motion on Jack's part, or a jarring of the plane, broke the half-severed wall, and, just before Tom landed, his chum began to bleed dangerously.

From Air Service Boys in the Big Battle Or, Silencing the Big Guns by Beach, Charles Amory

Count Henrik hastily grasped the half-severed rope, and drew the boat towards him.

From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

This more than half-severed condition, while it increased the facility of the work, also rendered it dangerous.

From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor