How to Use halve in a Sentence

halve

verb

• The store is halving the price of many summer items.
• And the birth of the minivan halved the wagon's share again.
  — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023
• The growth of aquaculture has more than halved the U.S. shrimp fleet since the 1990s.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2024
• Using a fork and a knife, halve the chile, then remove the stem and scrape the seeds off.
  — Pati Jinich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2024
• The company’s share price has more than halved in the past year.
  — Sabah Meddings, Fortune Europe, 26 Mar. 2024
• Will there be a loss to miners as the reward is halved?
  — Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024
• This halved the gap between them and their white peers.
  — Time, 17 Aug. 2023
• Quarter or halve potatoes and put them in a large bowl.
  — Yakir Levy, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024
• To halve the number of deaths, as the WHO hopes to do, Nigeria would have to spend about 50 times that amount.
  — Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
• PacWest's shares have more than halved in value this year.
  — Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2023
• Let cool, then halve and scoop out the flesh into a bowl, and mash with a fork until smooth.
  — Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
• Pick a buttercup squash with a firm cap, halve, scoop out the seeds, and bake to bring out the squash's sweetness.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2023
• On go the fabs, then, as Moore’s Law chugs like a train: double the performance, halve the cost.
  — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
• The share of Democrats who think of China as a partner has more than halved over the same period, to 7%.
  — Mary Hui, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2023
• It was all served atop roasted marble potatoes, halved so the starchy flesh could soak up the rich juices from the meat.
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024
• And, if your potatoes are more oval than round, halve them lengthwise.
  — Robin Miller, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
• Hot glue the knotted end of the loop into the center of the egg shape, then glue the final egg halves together.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Mar. 2023
• The kitchen could honestly halve the menu without losing the soul of its premise.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
• Core and halve tomatoes, then cut each half into four or five wedges.
  — America's Test Kitchen, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
• To halve the Yankees’ lead in the fourth inning, the Guardians returned to their usual style of scoring.
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
• While eggplants are warm to the touch, halve lengthwise and scoop out pulp with a spoon into a medium bowl.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2023
• The small blade gives you more control for jobs like hulling and halving strawberries.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
• Last season, 24% of his shots came within three feet of the basket; this season, that share has been halved.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
• Japan added another run in the eighth inning, halving the deficit and setting the stage for Ohtani.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• For hors d'oeuvres, halve the bread or cut triangles and sprinkle with lemon juice.
  — Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
• Research has shown using it more than halves the risk of overdose.
  — Kaiser Health News, oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2023
• Top them off with a quick chorizo meat sauce and halved fresh cherry tomatoes for a hint of sweetness.
  — Kristy Alpert, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2023
• He is set to more than halve his world ranking and potentially climb to No. 76.
  — Associated Press, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
• Brush the avocado halves with a bit of lemon juice to prevent browning.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 2 Dec. 2023
• Rough chop your carrots and celery into big pieces, and halve onions and garlic bulbs.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 3 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024