During the summer, the company offers several half-holidays so employees can leave early and avoid the heat.

The intersection of those half-planes forms a convex polygon.

The tailor adjusted the half-lengths of the coats to suit each customer's preference.

The museum label explained that the half-fish on display was an old term for a salmon in its fifth year of growth.

After the funeral, she gradually eased into half-mourning, trading her jet-black dresses for muted grays and purples.

She left a half-finished cup of tea on the desk and forgot about it.

I used one and a half cups of flour for the cake.

She carried the half-broken umbrella through the rain, hoping it would hold until she reached the cafe.

The new policy left many communities half-free, neither fully liberated nor entirely controlled.

She signed a half-year lease on the downtown apartment to test the neighborhood.