Examples of half dead in a Sentence
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To him, the people the Americans offloaded in Haiti always looked half dead.
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Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
Its craggy trunk was half dead.
—New York Times, 27 July 2022
He has been left there half dead: broken, bleeding, moaning.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Dec. 2020
Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
Its craggy trunk was half dead.
—New York Times, 27 July 2022
He has been left there half dead: broken, bleeding, moaning.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Dec. 2020
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“Half dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20dead. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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