Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word half-emptied.

Examples

  • His machine was in the far corner, half-emptied of watermelon gumballs, next to a peace lily that had yellowed from lack of adequate watering.

    Talking Heads « A Fly in Amber 2010

  • The woman huffs loudly, steps around me, and walks off, leaving her half-emptied cart in line.

    The Weather's Fine, Wish They Weren't Here archmage 2008

  • It was still pretty black, so I half-emptied and filled it again.

    Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2008

  • Inthe inner London borough where I live, which is increasingly full of middle-class people like me, earning unspectacular salaries by London standards, the Icelandic ash cloud this spring left local schools half-emptied of teachers and pupils.

    Is the British middle class an endangered species? 2010

  • “Possibly,” Lawrence shrugged, sheepishly conceding the half-emptied bottle of shiraz near his feet.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Small Pepsi challenge. 2009

  • The hell I was in was her half-emptied apartment, kneeling amid teetering stacks of long-unread books, Mom's eyesight and attention span having declined in tandem.

    Archive 2006-04-02 Miss Snark 2006

  • Quickly walking outside to see for myself, I was relieved to discover said sheep-costumed person was advertising the recently-opened mattress store on the corner, waving at passerby and holding a big "SALE" sign...and not, for example, heading down the street to our shop with the intention of drunkenly raging at our customers and throwing half-emptied beer bottles at our walls.

    Archive 2005-04-10 2005

  • Quickly walking outside to see for myself, I was relieved to discover said sheep-costumed person was advertising the recently-opened mattress store on the corner, waving at passerby and holding a big "SALE" sign...and not, for example, heading down the street to our shop with the intention of drunkenly raging at our customers and throwing half-emptied beer bottles at our walls.

    Archive 2005-04-10 2005

  • The half-emptied line-tub floats on the whitened sea; the wooden poles of the spilled harpoons obliquely bob in it; the heads of the swimming crew are scattered about the whale in contrasting expressions of affright; while in the black stormy distance the ship is bearing down upon the scene.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • A tall, stemmed glass stood in front of her, half-emptied, but it couldn't have been the first one.

    License Invoked Asprin, Robert 2001

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.