half-eaten
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Tables were covered with partially eaten starter salads and half-eaten bread rolls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Moore and his colleagues have been trying to spot him on their walks, but instead have only found evidence he is leaving behind, like half-eaten birds.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
Plates of half-eaten pancit, a Filipino noodle dish, were arrayed across tables.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
Together, we mopped the floors, emptied the cabinets of half-eaten bags of pasta and threw away Tupperware with missing tops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
As before, Reynie found him on the floor, this time with a half-eaten biscuit in one hand, a graph of some kind in the other, and biscuit crumbs on his green suit jacket.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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