half-dead

Example Sentences

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Putting one of my half-dead, broken-leg looks on my face, I got ready for one of those Mama and boy go-arounds.

From Literature

“These people all seem half-dead, like zombies.”

From Literature

I could be half-dead in an intensive care unit and that would be the first question Lou Ann asked.

From Literature

A cull of these half-dead businesses is freeing up capital and labor for more entrepreneurial, productive firms, while also allowing those healthier companies to improve their own profitability.

From The Wall Street Journal

And I have to explain to her about everything: finding my girl, feeding my girl, and then finding her again, sprawled on the ground, half-dead, and I start crying again.

From Literature