Examples of partway in a Sentence
I was partway to school when I realized I had forgotten my book.
Partway down the mountain, he sprained his ankle.
The team got a new coach partway through the season.
They met up with some friends partway through the trip.
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Old railroad remnants and millwork building ruins make this more than just a nature path, but the pièce de résistance pops partway: a fork in the trail with a sign promising craft beer just up yonder to the right.
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Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2025
Other critics take the opposite tack and wonder if the courses are too hard for the general public, noting that the vast majority of students who signed up for the online classes dropped out partway through.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Apr. 2012
The department said one body was found near the base of the cliffs and another person was rescued partway down.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2024
Om Shanti Om features several of these: Coincidences abound, but most strikingly, our two main characters disappear partway through the film and are reborn, now in reversed roles.
—Mallika Rao, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
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Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2025
Other critics take the opposite tack and wonder if the courses are too hard for the general public, noting that the vast majority of students who signed up for the online classes dropped out partway through.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Apr. 2012
The department said one body was found near the base of the cliffs and another person was rescued partway down.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2024
Om Shanti Om features several of these: Coincidences abound, but most strikingly, our two main characters disappear partway through the film and are reborn, now in reversed roles.
—Mallika Rao, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
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“Partway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/partway. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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partway
adverb
part·way
ˈpärt-ˈwā 
: to a part of a distance
followed us partway home
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