half-sitting

She heard the shower stop and turned away from the window, leaning back, half-sitting on the sill.

GAMES OF CHANCE • by Jerry Kraft 2010

So I put myself in a half-laying, half-sitting position.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011

Having once seen him in action, having peeked behind the curtain in the Palace of Oz, I can hardly watch any other sporting event on TV without picturing this frantic, sinewy 59-year-old man calling shot after shot after shot, half-sitting and half-standing, the dervish behind the professional program smoothly unspooling in your living room and in your brain.

The Hardest Job in Football 2009

He pulls himself to a half-sitting position and gags.

The Last of Boland Kilean Kennedy 2011

So I put myself in a half-laying, half-sitting position.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011

Having once seen him in action, having peeked behind the curtain in the Palace of Oz, I can hardly watch any other sporting event on TV without picturing this frantic, sinewy 59-year-old man calling shot after shot after shot, half-sitting and half-standing, the dervish behind the professional program smoothly unspooling in your living room and in your brain.

The Hardest Job in Football 2009

Having once seen him in action, having peeked behind the curtain in the Palace of Oz, I can hardly watch any other sporting event on TV without picturing this frantic, sinewy 59-year-old man calling shot after shot after shot, half-sitting and half-standing, the dervish behind the professional program smoothly unspooling in your living room and in your brain.

The Hardest Job in Football 2009

He sort of hovered, half-standing, half-sitting, with his eyes closed.

The Faculty Club Danny Tobey 2010

He was half-sitting on the … yes, bed—not a stone table edged with a slim gutter for draining blood—behind me.

Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010

Raoul raised himself, half-sitting against the bolster.

The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010