Example Sentences

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The mash-up vibe is a little less morally idiotic than it appeared from the movie’s advance trailers, if only because the characters come off less like digital automatons and more like half-successful cosplayers.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2021

But they are like Heathers who have undergone half-successful aversion therapy.

From Time • Apr. 5, 2012

I’ve seen a lot of half-successful American and British productions of Chekhov.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2011

Nixon's half-successful jawboning against steel-price increases suggests that Friedman may have lost his most illustrious convert.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally, the work is triumphant, fails, or is only half-successful.

From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen