Sentence examples for half abandoned from inspiring English sources

When I visited Caracas, the city looked half abandoned, with few cars on the streets.

And Ms. Parker had unforgettable moments in the Mr. Big episodes: her scrambled Raggedy Ann look as she puzzled over how to get closer to him; the way she thrust out her arms to him when she acknowledged that their affair was finally over, in a gesture that was half abandoned, half imploring.

But after rushing for 65 yards on 14 carries in the first half, they abandoned the run in the second.

"I did a survey in Hertfordshire where about half the abandoned villages I located had already been ploughed out".

Dallas featured a lot of 3 x 2 empty spread sets in the first half and abandoned the run to use them almost exclusively in the second half.

There were burned-out tanks on the edge of town and dozens of half-destroyed, abandoned houses.

Many of the villages are half-deserted, abandoned by residents who long since migrated north to other parts of Lebanon or abroad.

And although there are at least a half-dozen abandoned homes on the street, neighbors see a resurgence in signs large and small, from the increased police presence to the hibiscus in Vikki Price's front yard.

Instead, I was mortified when the banquet table I had reserved at the chic restaurant for dinner later was half empty, resembling an abandoned airstrip.

And if that doesn't tempt you (or your other half) to abandon a flight for a train ride, perhaps the Armani African Spa treatment now offered on-board will.

Home, partner, companionship, literary culture: it is impossible, if you spend time with Zink, to miss the way she repeatedly embraces and repudiates, half-occupies and half-abandons so many parts of her life.