English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Half" in Example Sentences
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2619655	Tom was listening with his eyes half closed.	CK
548771	We lost sight of them over half an hour ago.	darinmex
61085	It gets dark about half past five these days.	CK
2966111	The first half of the story is set in Boston.	patgfisher
48936	The school is a half-mile walk from my house.	CK
554313	The work was completed in under half an hour.	FeuDRenais
249443	We played games for about an hour and a half.	Nero
1661960	Your order will be ready within half an hour.	avoidingrealwork
63764	Half of the bananas in the basket were rotten.	CM
21317	I'll rely on my father for half of my tuition.	CK
1215164	Plutonium-239 has a half-life of 24,100 years.	Scott
47297	The latter half of the game was very exciting.	CM
1148461	The room's area is two and half square meters.	Guroria
72405	A half-dozen tools make up the tool collection.	CK
2459467	According to our bargain, you have to pay half.	sharptoothed
48118	The lake can be reached in half an hour by bus.	CM
56490	This train will get you there in half the time.	CK
2537768	Tom came to the party with a girl half his age.	CK
2192469	You're not half as clever as you think you are.	ismaximum
1312760	Half of the people in the office took a day off.	Eldad
290837	He got tired of the work, and left it half-done.	CK
807622	McKinley spent three-and-a-half-million dollars.	Source_VOA
266229	School begins at half past eight in the morning.	CK
72738	The car broke down after half an hour's driving.	CM
3073647	Tom found a half-eaten apple behind the toaster.	CK
2953953	We've already eliminated half the possibilities.	CK
253762	It took me half an hour to work out this problem.	CK
807653	More than half of the Union troops were captured.	Source_VOA
250681	My brother earns half as much money as my father.	CK
47617	The job earns him half a million yen every month.	CM
283850	Three and a half hours have passed since he left.	CM
299786	He began his meal by drinking half a glass of ale.	CK
265452	It took me an hour and a half to get there by car.	CK
1215162	Plutonium-244 has a half-life of 80 million years.	Scott
954389	There was a half-eaten apple near the kitchen sink.	CK
3168387	I only believe about half of what Tom says happened.	CK
497128	I wish I could speak English half as well as he can.	CK
45766	The river is about half as long again as the Thames.	CM
3154853	I ate about half of it and left the rest on my plate.	CK
266481	More than half the residents are opposed to the plan.	CK
2958287	Tom threw his half-eaten sandwich into the trash can.	CK
3205088	I don't believe half of what I've been told about you.	CK
72626	Bear in mind that half one's life is lived after forty.	CM
2961208	Tom has been seeing a therapist for a month and a half.	meerkat
2639795	Tom took half of the cookies and put them on his plate.	CK
256351	I ordered half a dozen books on chemistry from New York.	CK
1133534	More than half of the residents are opposed to the plan.	CK
1732	Half a million children still face malnutrition in Niger.	Zifre
288528	He arrived half an hour late, which annoyed us very much.	CK
427729	Mary might be able to make it if we go half an hour later.	witbrock