Sentence examples for half successful from inspiring English sources

They were only half successful.

Those moves have only been half successful.

The barbecued half chicken, though, was only half successful: The dark meat was juicy, the white dry.

Why not?The main reason may be a paradoxical one: because the meritocratic revolution of the first half of the 20th century has been at least half successful.

The French were royally entertained earlier this year with a double (but only half successful) hostile bid by Banque Nationale de Paris for two other French banks: Société Générale and Paribas.

Early efforts to drain the area were only half successful; Northerners lured by turn-of-the-century real-estate scams found the supposedly rich farmland they'd purchased was more suitable for swimming.

After two-and-a-half successful seasons at Blackpool, Ince moved on loan to Palace in January 2014, before joining Hull in the summer.

With winds apt to bend unpredictably around the many harbor headlands, and currents that in places can run up to a knot-and-a-half, successful skippers will need to employ clean starts and adapt quickly to the situations.

He was only half-successful.

I'd say he was half-successful.

Spalding Gray, playing the director of the pretentious commercial that haunts Jackson, presents an incisive portrait of a half-successful artist whose ego outstrips his accomplishments.