Sentence examples similar to an old half from inspiring English sources

The phrase "an old half" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe a portion of something that is both old and incomplete, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "He found an old half of a broken vase in the attic."
Alternatives: "an old fragment" or "an old piece".

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In another, a series of thick horizontal bars partly obscure an old half-timbered building whose geometric patterns are structurally necessary, not decorative.

Robert Browning accused Wordsworth of betraying his youthful ideals and one Victorian satirist compared the great man to "an old half-witted sheep".

She insisted that the landlord restore an old half-bathroom that had been removed from her apartment before she moved in.

The dessert menu offered no surprises, except for the dreadful apple tart of gooey apples on an old half-raw pastry crust that had to be cut with a steak knife.

She has a table made out of the door to a submarine and an old, half-full traveling case that belonged to the man who made up Frank Sinatra.

The rebels, led by an old, half-blind chief, march proudly to an outpost of governance for talks, but end up being disarmed and sentenced to death for murder.

They are linked by other artifices - Frobisher finds both parts of Adam Ewing's Pacific diary; Luisa Rey acquires both Frobisher's letters and a rare gramophone record of the Sextet ; Cavendish is sent "The First Luisa Rey Mystery" by its author; Sonmi's dying request is to watch an old half-viewed film of "The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish", to see what happened.

All along, her son had had an older half brother and half sister.

To escape the chaos, Hamilton spent time in New Haven with an older half brother, who ran a talent agency there.

Their own father, although mostly absent, did bequeath them one important legacy: an older half brother and half sister, to whose mother he had earlier been married.

He stuck to himself, gradually not even eating meals with his mother and an older half brother, who also lived there.

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