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Examples

  • He stumbled awkwardly to the sled, half-falling, and pulled a rifle out from under the lashings.

    THE MAN ON THE OTHER BANK 2010

  • She screamed again and scrabbled backward, half-falling off the bed.

    Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare 2010

  • The entire fence shuddered as she made her hasty, half-falling descent.

    The Limit Kristen Landon 2010

  •  And did we have any idea what it was like in a place in the middle of nowhere with some ugly little trees, a bathtub standing in a dirt yard by a rusted out pickup truck, and a house half-falling down, walls bowing toward the middle and a tin roof with holes?

    A Name 2010

  • Tally crashed through the undergrowth almost blind, half-falling as she ran, wet branches whipping her face.

    Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010

  • She rises from her seat abruptly, bumping her knee on the bench and half-falling into Lucy, who is standing behind her.

    The Comeback Season Jennifer E. Smith 2008

  • She rises from her seat abruptly, bumping her knee on the bench and half-falling into Lucy, who is standing behind her.

    The Comeback Season Jennifer E. Smith 2008

  • She rises from her seat abruptly, bumping her knee on the bench and half-falling into Lucy, who is standing behind her.

    The Comeback Season Jennifer E. Smith 2008

  • She rises from her seat abruptly, bumping her knee on the bench and half-falling into Lucy, who is standing behind her.

    The Comeback Season Jennifer E. Smith 2008

  • And she ran to the edge, wings flapping behind her, and leaped off, half-gliding and half-falling as she pursued her quarry.

    Queen of Blades AARON ROSENBERG 2006

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