"He has an odd, strange, half-wild beauty," she mused aloud.    From Wordnik.com.  [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference

The hamlet of St. Elphège was part of the half-wild parish of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference

It made her jittery, and her horse, already half-wild, skittish.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Irda]

Still, the half-wild little creature seemed to be relaxing a bit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference

The kitten was a half-wild one, living in the shrubberies near the house.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference

That half-wild nature of yours is sometimes so violent in its conclusions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Princess Zara] Reference

It was surprising the amount of half-wild land there was so close to the city.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spirits White As Lightning]

And when the commander ignored it, I wondered if he feared the half-wild soldier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shaman's Crossing]

It took weeks for the girl from Tillbury to regain the half-wild girl's confidence again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference

So, first we start to wondering if these half-wild, half free geese might be good to eat.    From Wordnik.com.  [a flock of dumb guys] Reference

The big, half-wild garden was full of birds, to which he paid attention all the year round.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Girl In A Swing]

Once Mollie thought she heard a strange sound, half-wild, half-human, and called more loudly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail] Reference

His laughter deepened, the primal joy of a half-wild Mongol who has pulled one over on the enemy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wagers of Sin]

It seemed as though it could not possibly escape the stampede of half-wild ponies, even if the other cars did.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies] Reference

Sir Charles was so full of your praises, yet not letting him into your history, that he is half-wild to see you.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Charles Grandison] Reference

Isn't it enough that I'm driven half-wild with fear that your father will any minute carry you away to Yorkshire?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The English Witch]

Had she not scampered over these same moors on a half-wild Exmoor pony, bare-backed, and with a halter for a bridle?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference

Large droves of pigs migrate annually into the latter country from Serbia, where they still live in a half-wild state.    From Wordnik.com.  [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850] Reference

But the gardens weren't her half-wild orchard, and the only water in them was a tame-and at the moment, inactive-fountain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gates Of Sleep]

Great rose-coloured hibiscus dangled from the tips of their boughs, there was a faint scent from the half-wild, creamy roses.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plumed Serpent] Reference

These half-wild cattle are very active; and knowing full well the fatal lazo, they led the horses a long and laborious chase.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference

And if so, what would they do once inside; half-wild cattle, trapped suddenly in a stone corridor lit with glaring torchlight?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference

A Chinook trader had sold him the half-wild yearling, and Jesse had raised it to be the best horse the territory had ever seen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lightkeeper]

Nan had noticed that this half-wild girl was of beautifully fair complexion herself, and aside from her pop eyes was quite petty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference

The old man extended his hand toward her in compelling gesture and she went to him with the agile swiftness of a half-wild thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference

She would starve on the buffalo grass which supports her half-wild sister, "northers" would freeze her, and the snow would bury her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm] Reference

The half-wild razorback, with never a clutch of corn to his back, gives abundant food to the mountaineer over whose forest he ranges.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm] Reference

One wrung his hands and seemed in the greatest grief, which made the children half-wild to get at them, to whisper comfort and release.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference

The space about it had been a garden in summer, but not such a one as our necropolis, with half-wild trees and rolling, meadowed lawns.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shadow of the Torturer]

They are like young, half-wild oxen, such strong, sturdy, dark lads, thickly built and with strange hard heads, like young male caryatides.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twilight in Italy] Reference

There was something very touching in the sight of that half-wild, dirty, long-haired old shepherd, calling to his lambs and being answered.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mountain of Adventure]

For the course was fearful, to one unschooled, half-wild, rejected by Wales and never welcomed in England but as a pair of labouring hands.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sanctuary Sparrow]

At first Alos thought that one of the machines had blown up but the triumphant howl of a mob of half-wild Arkonides showed him his mistake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blazing Sun]