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Example sentences for "when half"

  • When half done, put circular slices of buttered toast beneath, and serve upon these when you take them up.

  • When half done, take the whites beaten to a strong froth, and put them over the pancakes.

  • When half of it has been used, put two pails of soft water to the rest, and stir it up well, from the bottom.

  • If the wash is large, dip off part of the water, when half of the clothes are wrung out, and add clean water, and a little more blueing.

  • When half done, flour it again thickly; when this is browned, baste it often.

  • Another way is to add a little arrow-root, mixed with a drop of cold water, to the above, when half cooked; it makes it very soothing to the chest.

  • You may also wash them; when half-chopped press them in a cloth, and chop them still finer.

  • Simmer it an hour: when half done, put into it a piece of fresh lemon peel, and one bit of sugar.

  • Meanwhile pour on the grated crumbs of a penny loaf a pint of boiling cream; when half cold, add four ounces of sugar, the yolks of four beaten eggs, and a glass of white wine.

  • When half boiled, cut off the meat in slices, half an inch thick, and two or three inches long.

  • The flavour of an old cabbage may be much improved, by taking it up when half done, and putting it directly into another saucepan of fresh boiling water.

  • When half done, brush over with sweet milk.

  • When half frozen, add pounded almonds, chopped citron and brandy, peaches or chopped raisins.

  • When half cold, beat in whipped whites of egg; set aside to cool.

  • When half done, score the skin in slices, but do not cut deeper than the outer rind.

  • When half-chopped, press them in a cloth, and chop them still finer, and use when required.

  • The title is from Emerson's lines "When half-gods go the gods arrive.

  • A new novel by Miss Magruder is always sure of its welcome and When Half-Gods Go will find for her even a wider audience than she has hitherto enjoyed.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "when half" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    peasant life; rerum natura; take steps; when all; when boiling; when brought; when crossed; when dying; when every; when exposed; when found; when fully; when heated; when once; when placed; when presently; when pure; when ratified; when reduced; when she; when the; when they had come; when they were alone; when thus; when touched; when writing