half-grown

Example Sentences

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A few hours later pugmarks from three cats were spotted together—the mom, her half-grown son and the baby, reunited.

From Scientific American

But if prosperity seemed elusive, teenagers like Shiffler, known at the time as “half-grown boys,” could find manhood in another way: joining one of Philadelphia’s storied volunteer fire companies.

From Slate

“Half-grown, mischievous and irresponsible boys have been admitted to full membership in some of the companies,” despaired one newspaper.

From Slate

One legal scholar described the simplicity of Article II’s limitation, which House Managers try in vain to make seem inscrutable, in this way: “A half-grown boy reads in a newspaper that the President occupies the White House; if he would understand from that that all Ex-Presidents are in it together he would be considered a very unpromising lad.”

From Slate

The wind billowing out the seat of my britches, My feet crackling splinters of glass and dried putty, The half-grown chrysanthemums staring up like accusers … And everyone, everyone pointing up and shouting!

From Seattle Times