half-formed

Example Sentences

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He also told Ball he may go back into the recording studio to work on "some things that are half-formed or were never finished".

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

It’s hard to know if Musk even believes the line himself, or if it just fell out of his mouth, a half-formed notion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2023

These half-formed thoughts clutter slides, which attempt to portray a mind-numbing amount of information coherently.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2023

Overall, this is a novel probably best enjoyed by people with no experience of the podcast, or a complete experience of it; as the book itself suggests, half-formed remnants of memory are trouble.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021

And as the veela danced faster and faster, wild, half-formed thoughts started chasing through Harry’s dazed mind.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling