Example Sentences

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I was half-afraid that if I sneezed too hard, a rotor might fall off.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2014

“Are you coming with me?” he asked her, half-afraid, half-teasing.

From Washington Post

He leaned over, daring to brush her forehead with his fingertips, half-afraid that she’d pull away.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Holly stepped inside, half-afraid of what she might or might not see.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

He clutched his tunic to his chest with both hands and hunched down in the saddle, half-afraid that Roose Bolton might command his guardsmen to tear the clothes off him right there in the street.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin