Pausert leaned over the half-acre of flamewood desk.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wizard Of Karres]

Limus in his half-acre has quite a little farmyard besides.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)] Reference

If your property is a half-acre more, you might need a lawn tractor.    From Wordnik.com.  [April Fools' . . . Not: Weed-whacking goats are for real] Reference

They submitted a planting plan for the new library's tiny half-acre site.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Brand-New Olmsted] Reference

Towle blocked his way, aiming the. 38 at the half-acre of green-clad fat.    From Wordnik.com.  [When The Bough Breaks]

The property sits on a half-acre lot on the small French-speaking island.    From Wordnik.com.  [Private Properties] Reference

The man behind the half-acre desk who rose to meet her was not in uniform.    From Wordnik.com.  [Presumption of Death]

Completed in 2005, it has six bedrooms and sits on a gated half-acre in Wailea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mondavi's Estate, Lewis's House] Reference

He proposes a checkerboard of mile long squares rimmed by half-acre homesteads.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stephen C. Rose: Obama Pattern Language Primer -- 1] Reference

Price has urged me to spare a hoary maple which lords it over a half-acre of flat land.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference

All of us were struck with the improved appearance of the fruit on the first half-acre.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865] Reference

From a half-acre of land, he has been selling ginger, most recently for 18 cents a pound.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tainted Ginger's Long Trip] Reference

A 2,700-square-foot home with four bedrooms and two baths, on a half-acre in a cul-de-sac.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bringing In the Outdoors] Reference

Mr. Tohill requested a zoning change, from residential half-acre lots to commercial lots.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Battle Over a Barnes & Noble in Bridgehampton] Reference

A half-acre pond irrigates the property, which is in Palm Beach Point, a gated community.    From Wordnik.com.  [Comes With Stables] Reference

The six goats could handle a half-acre of grass, brush, and other growth every three days.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting Their Goats: Another town turns to four-legged creatures for outdoor cleanup] Reference

Next comes a half-acre lot owned by Samuel Eliot, grandfather of President Eliot of Harvard.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884] Reference

They came with your standard pool, your standard half-acre backyard, your standard ballroom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Undead and Unworthy]

Vincent owned a large yellow-and-white colonial set onto a half-acre lot on the edge of town.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seven Up]

Here in the US most suburban homes are built on at least a half-acre of land - if not two acres.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coming Soon-- Riots in America?] Reference

I first made compost on a half-acre lot where maintaining a tidy appearance was a reasonable concern.    From Wordnik.com.  [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference

Recently built 4,000-square-foot house with four bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms on approximately a half-acre.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cliff, Spa, Skeleton (Fake)] Reference

For a half-acre lawn, that could mean 4 hours of supervising several times a week, compared with about an hour.    From Wordnik.com.  [We test two robotic mowers and find one Not Acceptable] Reference

A roughly 3,400-square-foot house with three bedrooms and two baths, on about a half-acre, in a gated community.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bringing In the Outdoors] Reference

It's designed to handle lawns up to a half-acre, with the odds of its reaching that goal improving if the sun is shining.    From Wordnik.com.  [Highlights of the 2008 Green Industry and Equipment Expo] Reference

The one thing that looked out of the ordinary was the concrete-block wall and gate that surrounded the half-acre property.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trunk Music]

A 3,400-square-foot home with four bedrooms and three baths, on more than a half-acre, in a gated community near Palm Beach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Housing Takes a Dive] Reference

A capable lawn tractor with a front-mounted engine and front-steering wheels is ideal for big lawns of a half-acre or more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tip of the Day: Don't choose a mower or tractor just to make the neighbors green with envy] Reference

Instead, this couple and the Woods agreed to buy the property and split it into two half-acre parcels that each could afford.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seaside Splendor] Reference

If your lawn measures a half-acre or so, your needs fall midway between a self-propelled gas-engine mower and a riding mower.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inside CR Test Labs: A mower that lives large] Reference

At left, a street sign marks Prosperidad Street -- "prosperity," in English -- near half-acre lots for sale near Mission, Texas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mis-Counted] Reference

The half-acre mats are designed to smother dime-sized nonnative Asian clams that can reach populations of 5,000 per square yard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lake Tahoe Asian Clam Invasion Countered With Huge Rubber Mats] Reference

He grows ginger on a half-acre of land and has sold it to Modern Organic for the past 15 years, most recently for 18 cents a pound.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Elusive Source] Reference

Celine will fly -- OK, there's a cable or two involved -- but in front of the world's largest LED screen and above a half-acre stage.    From Wordnik.com.  ['She's Just Not Vegas'] Reference

I quit working at midnight, and to get to my boarding house had to walk a mile through a portion of the town called "Hell's half-acre.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers] Reference