How to Use halfway through in a Sentence

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  • In any case, the bustle comes to a halt halfway through.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Use tongs to flip the garlic scapes once halfway through the cooking time.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Use tongs to flip the garlic scapes once halfway through the cooking time.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2023
  • If this irks you, give the bag a shake halfway through the cook time, after 12–14 minutes.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 11 July 2023
  • Cher came out to join her halfway through, stunning the crowd with the power of her voice at age 78.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024
  • About halfway through the game’s third quarter, Kelce caught a sparkling pass from Mahomes in the end zone.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2023
  • There was a moment when Noémi called me halfway through the shoot.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Boston returned to the Fever bench about halfway through the fourth quarter, but did not return to the court.
    — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Spread the brown sugar on a sheet pan and heat it for 5 minutes, stirring halfway through.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2024
  • About halfway through the footage, the body cam cuts to several days later -- with a timestamp of Feb. 6 around 3:45 a.m.
    — Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Gelsinger said the company is about halfway through the layoffs.
    — Rohan Goswami,kif Leswing, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024
  • And by that point halfway through the season, some crazy things had already happened!
    — Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Jones led the bench unit until Thomas made his way back into the game in halfway through the second quarter.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Bake for 20 minutes, turning the sheet halfway through.
    — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Nobody likes a movie where the outcome is figured out halfway through.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Just halfway through its two-hour season 4 finale and 9-1-1: Lone Star already had fans's jaws on the floor.
    — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 17 May 2023
  • Always reverse the baking sheets, top to bottom and front to back, halfway through the first baking.
    — Jacalyn Carfagno, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Fry until crispy, about 8 minutes, and toss about halfway through.
    — Isadora Baum, Men's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
  • And then Wade — the man who made that gamble — left halfway through Mabrey’s first season with hardly a word of warning.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The cast learned this might be their last hurrah halfway through filming season 3.
    — Kate Nelson, ELLE, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Faced with a crowd of crying children and shouting parents, the Fyre Fest-like event shuttered just halfway through the day.
    — Angela Yang, NBC News, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Kirsten and Shane bought the corner home and are about halfway through their remodel/redesign.
    — Dana Oland, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Just over halfway through the year, 114 lives have already been lost due to homicides in Baltimore City.
    — Barry Solomon, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2024
  • And yet, halfway through, both teams remain vividly alive.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 3 May 2024
  • The feel-good moment came about halfway through the first full-scale training camp practice for the Denver Broncos of the Sean Payton era.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
  • The Ashdown native with 13 career starts in 34 games got back in the rotation about halfway through spring.
    — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 25 June 2023
  • Rotate them 180 degrees halfway through each bake — even for savory foods — to get the best results.
    — People Staff, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
  • She was reelected in 2021, and was halfway through her second term.
    — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Here’s an example: you’re hired to write blog posts, but halfway through, the client wants custom infographics for each one.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • We were interrupted halfway through by a young bull moose wandering through to eat the ripe currants off bushes that were scattered around the area.
    — New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024

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