Examples of partway in a Sentence

I was partway to school when I realized I had forgotten my book. Partway down the mountain, he sprained his ankle. The team got a new coach partway through the season. They met up with some friends partway through the trip.

Recent Examples on the Web Palin resigned as governor in 2009, partway through her term. — Becky Bohrer, USA TODAY, 21 June 2022 Bauer’s suspension, if upheld in arbitration, ends partway through the 2024 campaign. — Louise Radnofsky, WSJ, 16 May 2022 Dolly Parton, despite asking partway through voting to be taken off the ballot, still made the 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. — Rodney Ho, ajc, 4 May 2022 Hilary walked me partway down the road to the next section of trail, another 3,000-foot climb up the Buncombe Horse Trail. — Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 8 May 2020 Often the best campsites will be partway up a slope rather than at its bottom. — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 22 July 2019 His dismissal came partway through production, and Greenwood will now reshoot scenes involving Roderick Usher. — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Apr. 2022 Heading back means using sharp hand pruners to cut branches partway back, not down to the ground. — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 6 Feb. 2022 Maxwell was walked partway into the courtroom around 9:25 a.m., wearing a burgundy turtleneck and clutching a green folio. — James Hill, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2021 See More

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