Sentence examples for half again as big from inspiring English sources

This year's festival is half again as big as last year's.

It was cumbersome, half again as big as the stroller she was used to.

Abel added that the skulls of cave bears -- ursus spelaeus, half again as big as grizzlies -- could have given rise to tales of dragons.

In fact, few may know that the creek is currently home to the largest urban oil spill — seventeen million gallons, which is half again as big as the Exxon Valdez dump — in the history of North America.

The figure announced last week was more than four times as large as the forecast a year ago and half again as big as the one only five months ago.

It says any sharing must take into account Turkey's status as the source of most Euphrates water and the home to a population that is half again as big as Iraq's and Syria's put together.

Early last evening before the polls had closed, the turnout was thought to be half-again as big as the turnout for the Democratic primary.

Half- again as big as Gen, George Pickett's Gettysburg charge, advancing over twice as much open ground, the attack was a slaughter.

These rates were half again as high as those for non-medical marijuana users.

The black unemployment rate has been reliably half again as much as the white one.

The cockpit measured 21 inches across, nearly half again as wide as a racing scull cockpit.