be partial
Example Sentences
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In France, where the eclipse will be partial, some pharmacies have been stripped of their supplies while others were still receiving shipments -- and charging significantly more.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
For months, he had trouble sleeping due to what turned out to be partial seizures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
There will be partial restrictions on travellers from another seven countries, including Cuban and Venezuelan nationals.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2025
He's a Montana man who longs for his ranch, so it follows that he'd be partial to home-cooked meals prepared with natural-as-possible ingredients.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2023
I pause not from my original purpose, to show how reasonable; but I insist upon the truth that a partial obedience, in whatever sense it be partial, will not meet the requisitions of Christianity.
From The Religion of Politics A Sermon Delivered Before His Excellency John Davis, Governor, His Honor George Hull, Lieutenant Governor, The Honorable Council, And The Legislature Of Massachusetts, At The Annual Election, January 5, 1842. by Ezra S. (Ezra Stiles) Gannett
