half-full

Example Sentences

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I’ve heard of lounges getting pretty crowded and ripe on heavily booked trips, but our train seemed less than half-full.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m a glass half-full guy about Boulder,” said Sloss, the producer and sales agent.

From The Wall Street Journal

He held up a plastic bag that looked half-full, and explained he’d made the group go around the parking lot that morning, grabbing anything they could find that wasn’t supposed to be there.

From Literature

Where to watch: HBO Max, in theaters Nominated for: Best picture, director, lead actor, supporting actor, supporting actress, adapted screenplay, casting, cinematography, editing, sound, original score, production design What we said: “Paul Thomas Anderson’s fun and fizzy adaptation views its Molotov cocktail as half-full. Yes, it says, the struggle for liberation continues: ideologues versus toadies, radicals versus conservatives, loyalists versus rats. But isn’t it inspiring that there are still people willing to fight?”

From Los Angeles Times

“We got this postcard telling us not to leave the water on when we brush our teeth, and to fill our bathtubs only half-full or take five-minute showers. That’s not normal, is it?”

From Literature