During one of their walks a poor cot in the foldings of a vale attracted their notice as being singularly disconsolate, while the number of
half-clothed children gathered about it spoke of penury in its worst shape.
The night, though dry and mild for the season, was more than sufficiently cold to make it dangerous for him to remain here long, in his
half-clothed state.
Oh, how I longed at that time to be turned out--ME, eighteen years old, poor,
half-clothed, turned out into the street, quite alone, without lodging, without work, without a crust of bread, without relations, without a single acquaintance, in some large town--hungry, beaten (if you like), but in good health--and THEN I would show them--
But then, strange to say, when I stood with my ragged shoes, and my dusty, sunburnt,
half-clothed figure, in the place so long desired, it seemed to vanish like a dream, and to leave me helpless and dispirited.
Her
half-clothed body was found lying face down in Wharf Street, in the docks.
A WOMAN described the moment she found the
half-clothed body of a stabbed teenager in her back garden.
The MTV show is back for a second series and once more will see a group of bikini-clad and
half-clothed revellers party, hook up and argue on a desert island.
Her final bride threw a bouquet into the audience with a flourish, also
half-clothed at the chest, but he was a guy.
Of course, the other thing is I get to be in an act with women [and] they're
half-clothed.
Forbes did not, however, elevate him above Barack Obama, Pope Francis and Xi Jinping on that basis, or because Putin enjoys being photographed
half-clothed while seemingly accomplishing extraordinary physical feats.
half-clothed - inadequately clothed