half-human
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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There, he said, he planned to “draft a new letter to my potential investors. Racing wolves! Half-human child jockeys! It’s one brilliant moneymaking scheme after another!”
From Literature
“And those wolf children wards that your son took in. They’re another stroke of genius! My genius, of course, not his. Picture it: the Wolf Derby of Ashton Place. Real racing wolves, ridden by half-human, half-cub jockeys. It will be a sensation.”
From Literature
Unfortunately for Rumi, the lead singer of Huntr/x, her usually powerful voice keeps failing her, and this is tied to the secret she’s hiding of being half-human, half-demon.
From Salon
Why it’s good to binge now: Because one look at Bella and Edward’s half-human, half-vampire daughter, Renesmee, will help you cope with the knowledge that everything is ridiculous, and will be even moreso for the next handful of years, at least.
From Salon
That’s especially crucial because while the messy story crams in a great deal — sad ladies, musclemen, brutal cops, exploited villagers, a false prophet and the Hindu god Hanuman, who appears as half-human, half-monkey — it never coheres.
From New York Times
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