half-emptied

His machine was in the far corner, half-emptied of watermelon gumballs, next to a peace lily that had yellowed from lack of adequate watering.

Talking Heads « A Fly in Amber 2010

The woman huffs loudly, steps around me, and walks off, leaving her half-emptied cart in line.

The Weather's Fine, Wish They Weren't Here archmage 2008

It was still pretty black, so I half-emptied and filled it again.

Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2008

Inthe inner London borough where I live, which is increasingly full of middle-class people like me, earning unspectacular salaries by London standards, the Icelandic ash cloud this spring left local schools half-emptied of teachers and pupils.

Is the British middle class an endangered species? 2010

“Possibly,” Lawrence shrugged, sheepishly conceding the half-emptied bottle of shiraz near his feet.

Cheeseburger Gothic » Small Pepsi challenge. 2009

The hell I was in was her half-emptied apartment, kneeling amid teetering stacks of long-unread books, Mom's eyesight and attention span having declined in tandem.

Archive 2006-04-02 Miss Snark 2006

Quickly walking outside to see for myself, I was relieved to discover said sheep-costumed person was advertising the recently-opened mattress store on the corner, waving at passerby and holding a big "SALE" sign...and not, for example, heading down the street to our shop with the intention of drunkenly raging at our customers and throwing half-emptied beer bottles at our walls.

Archive 2005-04-10 2005

Quickly walking outside to see for myself, I was relieved to discover said sheep-costumed person was advertising the recently-opened mattress store on the corner, waving at passerby and holding a big "SALE" sign...and not, for example, heading down the street to our shop with the intention of drunkenly raging at our customers and throwing half-emptied beer bottles at our walls.

Archive 2005-04-10 2005

The half-emptied line-tub floats on the whitened sea; the wooden poles of the spilled harpoons obliquely bob in it; the heads of the swimming crew are scattered about the whale in contrasting expressions of affright; while in the black stormy distance the ship is bearing down upon the scene.

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

A tall, stemmed glass stood in front of her, half-emptied, but it couldn't have been the first one.

License Invoked Asprin, Robert 2001