half-formed

Example Sentences

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We see some guileless part of ourselves within him — a half-formed reflection in his goldfish Dorothy’s fishbowl that’s been crusted over by the steady gnawing of time.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2024

He already had a half-formed idea about a woman who rented out her home to film crews.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2023

Similarly, in “The Head,” the women’s family tells her to just ignore the half-formed thing in the toilet that calls her “mother.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022

Overall, this is a novel probably best enjoyed by people with no experience of the podcast, or a complete experience of it; as the book itself suggests, half-formed remnants of memory are trouble.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021

When I open a book, the words sort themselves into narrow-minded single file on the page; the mirror-image poems erase themselves half-formed in my mind.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver