Example Sentences

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We would share half-written lyrics, fragments of music.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2023

Mr. Boyd, he said, saw his staff engaged and dropped his half-written Vietnam story to fill in covering the bee.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2019

He lies on the floor among half-written pages “in a catatonic swivet.”

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2017

Were aides trying to wrestle the device away from him and someone accidentally hit “send” on the message, half-written, during the scuffle?

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2017

“If crossing out is something you feel disinclined toward . . .” Kvothe tore the half-written sheet with slow care, the sound bleeding the color from Chronicler’s face.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss