And she held up to view a half-filled chloroform vial. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
A half-filled cup of wine stood on the table by her bed. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
There were giant parking lots about half-filled with cars. From Wordnik.com. [Persuader]
The White House sees a half-filled glass and urges patience. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 12, 2007] Reference
The recess seemed to be a large, half-filled storage closet. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Federation Of The Hub]
The dining room was half-filled with women, children and men. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet] Reference
"Get in," he said, and half-filled the glass from the bottle. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
His face was half-filled with hope, half-filled with despair. From Wordnik.com. [The Hard Way]
Then he turned slowly and glanced around the half-filled room. From Wordnik.com. [Danger in Deep Space] Reference
Elsewhere the close observer mentally notes a half-filled nosebag. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
Katamay half-filled the glasses with vodka and passed one to Arkady. From Wordnik.com. [Wolves Eat Dogs]
Grabbing the rail, he swung aboard, a half-filled pail clutched tight. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
Many of the craters half-filled with water already had duckweed growing. From Wordnik.com. [Fanny Goes to War] Reference
Amber liquid flowed softly and the general handed across the half-filled glass. From Wordnik.com. [General Max Shorter] Reference
Once there, he hastily threw the silk packages into a half-filled gravel car, with. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail] Reference
CALLEBS: Lee Greenwood's patriotic anthem had the half-filled stadium chanting USA. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2001] Reference
Mid-day bowling at an eight lane, half-filled local alley hovered around 90 decibels. From Wordnik.com. [Commuting can pose a hazard to your hearing] Reference
But today, the kitchen is empty save a plastic container half-filled with rice grains. From Wordnik.com. [Now It’s the $6 Loaf of Bread] Reference
There had been a snow-slide and the cañon was half-filled with snow, rock, and broken trees. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Woman Homesteader] Reference
His wife arrested the coffee-pot over a half-filled cup and gazed at him with sparkling eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885] Reference
Styrofoam cup half-filled with cold coffee and a brought no response and the door was locked. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Test]
The water was mounting higher; the boat was half-filled now, and the waves were splashing over. From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
In the center of the room was a sunken area half-filled by a bottle green velvet modular couch. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Test]
Amid the distractions the team still made the playoffs, but played at home to a half-filled arena. From Wordnik.com. [A Season Of Shame] Reference
In one of his agitated hands, he held a half-filled glass, in the other, a short, blackened clay-pipe. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
The old boat, now half-filled with water, moved slowly on, and Anna knew that it would not be long afloat. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Maid of Old Maine] Reference
A half-filled pail, a watering trough, even a tin receptacle will likely be populated with mosquito larvæ. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)] Reference
I can feel the buzzing in half-filled veins, the rattling echo of my heart as it pushes blood through the holes. From Wordnik.com. [Fall] Reference
In a month it half-filled the incubator, and at the end of six weeks he released it, but it still grew amazingly. From Wordnik.com. [Omega, the Man] Reference
Reeling from years of falling ticket sales and half-filled venues, the concert business is undertaking a major gut check. From Wordnik.com. [THE NEW SCHOOL OF ROCK] Reference
At last Picton stumbled over a prize -- a bushel-basket half-filled with potatoes, whereat he raised a bugle-note of triumph. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
The market-women sit on the quay, surrounded by wooden tubs, which are half-filled with water, containing the unfortunate fish. From Wordnik.com. [Denmark] Reference
Raphael; should exhibit such emotion as Picton exhibited, over a bushel-basket only half-filled with small-sized blue-nosed tubers. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
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