HALF in a Sentence

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420 example sentences for HALF, such as:
1. She could only pay half the amount.
2. A good beginning is half the battle.
3. First impressions are half the battle.
4. Cut half an inch off the base of each stem.
5. One half we return into the box for future purposes.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of HALF
half
 n.  one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  One morning a young girl called, fashionably dressed, and stayed for half an hour or more.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  One half we return into the box for future purposes.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
3  The other half I will place in this wine glass, in which is a teaspoonful of water.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
4  I hain't said none since I was half the height o that gun.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
5  Had the wanderer remained awake for another half hour a strange sight would have met his eyes.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
6  This aneurism of mine makes me easily tired, and the tussle we had half an hour ago has not mended matters.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
7  Drebber himself was drunk half the time, but Stangerson was not to be caught napping.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
8  This fellow had Drebber by the collar, and when they came to the head of the steps he gave him a shove and a kick which sent him half across the road.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
9  By the late summer the news of what had happened on Animal Farm had spread across half the county.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
10  Jones and all his men, with half a dozen others from Foxwood and Pinchfield, had entered the five-barred gate and were coming up the cart-track that led to the farm.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
11  Gradually the plans grew into a complicated mass of cranks and cog-wheels, covering more than half the floor, which the other animals found completely unintelligible but very impressive.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
12  This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
13  He had made arrangements with the cockerel to call him three-quarters of an hour earlier in the mornings instead of half an hour.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
14  'Animal Hero, Second Class,' and half a bushel of apples to any animal who brings him to justice.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
15  There were fifteen men, with half a dozen guns between them, and they opened fire as soon as they got within fifty yards.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Don't go off at half cock and accept any offer you'll regret later.
2  We were allotted half an hour to address the committee.
3  This will negatively affect the result over the first half of the year.
4  The African half of the audience was mainly from Senegal or Mali.
5  She still has the energy and sex appeal of a woman less than half her age.
6  Bring the soup to the boil and allow it to simmer gently for about half an hour.
7  Almost half the population are eligible to vote in today's election.
8  About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests.
9  She could only pay half the amount.
10  Their research shows that the average individual watches around three and a half hours of television per day.
11  Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist.
12  A group of half a dozen men entered the pub and bore down on the bar.
13  Cut half an inch off the base of each stem.
14  A good beginning is half the battle.
15  First impressions are half the battle.