How to use "half" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "half" in popular movie and book plots

  • Overnight, another blizzard blows the cabin half over a cliff right next to Jim's gold deposit.  - The Gold Rush
  • citizen born in 1950, half Irish Catholic and half Jewish ("I'm a mess and I know it.  - A Friend of the Earth
  • Stalling, the gangsters half convince mrs W that she will surely be considered an accomplice for holding the lolly.  - The Ladykillers
  • The survivors enter the 747's lower deck, but with half their equipment and no communication.  - Executive Decision
  • As this happens, Agent Polk, lt Snyder, and a half dozen FBI officers storm the parlor.  - The Sting
  • The first half of the book takes the form of several novellas connected by Lazarus's retrospective narrative.  - Time Enough for Love
  • In the closing pages Frank finds Eric, half asleep, seemingly calm.  - The Wasp Factory
  • One of Exdeath's henchmen, Gilgamesh, is a recurring mini-boss in the second half of the game.  - Final Fantasy V
  • During the first half of the game, the world is divided into three major continents and referred to as the World of Balance.  - Final Fantasy VI
  • Though they treat it with curiosity, Coffey is agitated by it and cuts it in half by closing a pressure bulkhead on it, causing it to retreat.  - The Abyss
  • Her half Arab ancestry makes her marriage to the future King Deran impossible.  - The Big Fisherman
  • He intends to set aside half for his sister Julia, who has always been there to lend him money and support.  - Keep the Aspidistra Flying
  • After half of all humanity perishes in the conflict, the war settled into a bitter stalemate lasting over 8 months.  - Mobile Suit Gundam
  • The three and a half minute sketch is set in the fictional Green Midget Café in Bromley.  - Spam (Monty Python)
  • Much has changed in the millennium and a half since the death of the God Emperor.  - Heretics of Dune
  • The price paid was half the amount of the 6,250 m² Admiralty II plot, for which the MTR Corporation paid HK$182 billion in cash.  - Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong)

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