Example Sentences

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Even with Remi’s eyes half-shut, Margery made the room taller and brighter.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2024

Both Mrs. Keyes and Mrs. Copeland write with the little finger delicately curved, with the half-shut eyes and far away look of those who have inhabited Mt.

From Time Magazine Archive

Coffee, which makes the politician wise, And see through all things with his half-shut eyes, as Alexander Pope put it ironically, opened quite a few eyes in India last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

Keep your eyes open before marriage, half-shut afterward.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eyes half-shut, she appeared to be murmuring something.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull