half dead

phrase

: completely exhausted

I arrived home from work half dead.

Examples of half dead in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That’s your choice to prioritize more dependable success over bragging rights for coaxing a half dead super-choice plant through the vagaries of a yo-yo bit of winter. — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Jan. 2026

We’re destined to exist—forever—not half alive and half dead but half sick and half well. — Terry McDonell 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025

If twenty-first-century democracy feels half dead, Simons believes that working through these challenges will bring it back to life. — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024

But yes, sad to say she’s fully completely ripped in half dead. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 July 2024

To him, the people the Americans offloaded in Haiti always looked half dead. — Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023

Rhymes for half dead

• abed
• ahead
• beachhead
• bedspread
• bedstead
• behead
• blackhead
• blockhead
• bloodshed
• bowhead
• breastfed
• bridgehead