half-open
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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She was in her bed, she recalls, and saw it perched on the sill of the half-open window.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2023
"When they take my photograph, my mouth's half-open or I'm bent over and it's like, 'Ozzy's on his last legs'," he said.
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2023
He found himself in good position and scored into a half-open net.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023
“Burn It Down” further pulls back a curtain of silence that’s already half-open, but never seems to come fully undone.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023
She moves without looking at what she’s doing, her mouth half-open, not awake but seeming awake.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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