halfway through

idiom

: when half finished : at the middle point (of)

The teacher stopped the movie halfway through.

We left halfway through the lecture.

We're about halfway through the project.

Examples of halfway through in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After a 2014 show, as André recalls, Prince called to reprimand him for checking out halfway through. —Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2024

In both movies, a detective chases a femme fatale who disappears halfway through, then reappears in new circumstances; both feature scenes in stairwells, rooftop chases, a deadly fall from great heights. —Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024

That victory will have to wait; this elaborate showdown hits barely halfway through the movie. —Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024

Bake pecans in a single layer in a shallow pan 5 to 7 minutes or until lightly toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through. —Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2024

They are both narrated by sons whose fathers are abducted halfway through, and the sons are in due course sent to a school abroad: father and son both end up, in disparate ways, far from home. —Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024

Even after the Nazis invade Poland, halfway through the opening episode, things advance by degrees, so that the next worst thing can’t quite be imagined, and once imagined really believed. —Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024

The device got hot, especially around my forehead, about halfway through. —Matt Donnelly, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024

The show was renewed for a third season halfway through season two airing. —Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2024