How to Use partway in a Sentence

partway

adverb
  • The team got a new coach partway through the season.
  • They met up with some friends partway through the trip.
  • Partway down the mountain, he sprained his ankle.
  • I was partway to school when I realized I had forgotten my book.
  • The unit is made so the timer can be changed partway through cooking.
    — Jean Kressy, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2019
  • Often the best campsites will be partway up a slope rather than at its bottom.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 22 July 2019
  • Heading back means using sharp hand pruners to cut branches partway back, not down to the ground.
    — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Grill for about 6 minutes on one side, rotating partway through for good grill marks.
    — Philly.com, 29 June 2017
  • Grill for about 6 minutes on one side, rotating partway through for good grill marks.
    — Noelle Carter, charlotteobserver, 3 July 2017
  • Grill for about 6 minutes on one side, rotating partway through for good grill marks.
    — Noelle Carter, The Seattle Times, 27 June 2017
  • Then, partway through a 2,000-mile drive across the country, the first verse came.
    — Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The leopard jumped partway into the vehicle, scratched the leg of the tourist, and pawed and bit at his shoe.
    — Richie Hertzberg, National Geographic, 21 May 2018
  • Star power takes us partway toward an explanation but cannot drive us all the way home.
    — Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Maple syrup features in both the glaze for the bone-in chicken thighs and the cabbage slaw added partway through cooking.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2022
  • For this recipe, the enchiladas are baked partway through and stored separately from the sauce.
    — Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 2 Jan. 2018
  • When the oil shimmers, add the bread and cook, turning partway through, until browned, about 4 minutes.
    — Philly.com, 1 June 2017
  • Lamar joins him partway through for a verse that recalls their come-up, with Lamar imparting life advice.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The freeze was lifted partway through the year when some of the stations needed more attention from cleaners.
    — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2018
  • People can change roles partway through a deal, and new priorities can emerge without much warning.
    — Lee Blakemore, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Once the tether is fully extended, the kite is angled to catch less wind, reeled partway back in, and allowed to reel out again.
    — The Economist, 7 June 2019
  • Palin resigned as governor in 2009, partway through her term.
    — Becky Bohrer, USA TODAY, 21 June 2022
  • The frame goes just partway up the Surface tablet, providing plenty of area for the tablet to cool itself under load.
    — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 21 Jan. 2019
  • Johnson rolled the window down partway and flashed his police identification, the source said.
    — Annie Sweeney, chicagotribune.com, 5 Dec. 2019
  • In a metaphor for how the past week has transpired, the sign affixed to the lectern behind which Price stood fell off partway through his news conference.
    — Author: Matt Viser, Sean Sullivan, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Electric cars only take us partway down the road to AutoTech, however.
    — Daniel Yergin, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Officials have said the outbreak may have begun with a Hong Kong man who disembarked partway through the cruise.
    — Suryatapa Bhattacharya, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Witnesses said country singer Jason Aldean was partway through his set when the gunfire began.
    — Jamie Lisanti, SI.com, 2 Oct. 2017
  • The day Towkio flew partway to space, many of those kids must have been in class, sneaking peeks at his Instagram and Twitter.
    — Leor Galil, Chicago Reader, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Anyone who has been to the lighthouse knows the 300-plus stairs that must be navigated to get to the site, which is partway down a steep rocky cliff.
    — Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Simpson said the excavator slid partway into the 21-foot (6 -meter) deep pit.
    — Rebecca Boone, The Seattle Times, 18 May 2017

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