be partial
Example Sentences
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For months, he had trouble sleeping due to what turned out to be partial seizures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Unlike in other parts of the world, the eclipse in the UK will only be partial but still a dramatic spectacle, weather permitting.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025
“They said that there would be partial mobilization, but it turns out that they take everyone,” she was quoted as saying.
From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2022
You're always going to be partial to the music that really defined the most impressionable parts of your life.
From Salon • Jul. 9, 2022
It is in the habit of perching higher than the Yellow Hammer, and is said to be partial to elm-trees.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.
