When negotiating the contract, remember that half a loaf is better than no bread and accept the compromise.

The transport ministry inspected the automatic half-barrier level crossings to verify their compliance with new safety standards.

The train operator reported that an automatic half-barrier level crossing on the outskirts of town had malfunctioned, leaving only half of the road blocked.

She stood at the doorway like one o'clock half struck, unsure whether to enter or leave.

In the demonstration, the instructor takes one's half out of the middle and shows how to stitch the seam closed.

When they were splitting the cake, someone took one's half out of the middle and the rest of us had to share the ends.

By the time I reached the dessert table, someone had taken one's half out of the middle of the pie, so I had to make do with the edge pieces.

By taking one's half out of the middle, you avoid the awkwardness of choosing sides.

When we split the pie, he tried to take one's half out of the middle, leaving the rest of us with much smaller slices.

At dawn, halfbeaks darted through the surface weeds as the tide came in.