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.
• Pull out the oven rack partway and place the pan on it.
  — Wolfgang Puck, Twin Cities, 17 July 2019
• Then, partway through a 2,000-mile drive across the country, the first verse came.
  — Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2020
• The unit is made so the timer can be changed partway through cooking.
  — Jean Kressy, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2019
• The trio crawled from their tents partway up the mountain at 2:30 a.m. on June 6 and set out for the summit.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2022
• 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
• What about couples who split up partway through a year?
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2021
• 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
• Heading back means using sharp hand pruners to cut branches partway back, not down to the ground.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 6 Feb. 2022
• For one, the duchess walked down the aisle alone, until she was met partway by Prince Charles, Prince Harry’s father.
  — Jenny Gross, WSJ, 19 May 2018
• Often the best campsites will be partway up a slope rather than at its bottom.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 22 July 2019
• Hilary walked me partway down the road to the next section of trail, another 3,000-foot climb up the Buncombe Horse Trail.
  — Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 8 May 2020
• When the oil shimmers, add the bread and cook, turning partway through, until browned, about 4 minutes.
  — Philly.com, 1 June 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• For this recipe, the enchiladas are baked partway through and stored separately from the sauce.
  — Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 2 Jan. 2018
• 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
• 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
• Grill for about 6 minutes on one side, rotating partway through for good grill marks.
  — Noelle Carter, charlotteobserver, 3 July 2017
• According to police, a driver northbound on Ridge Road braked and drove partway off the road when the car ahead of him stopped abruptly.
  — Brian Lisik, cleveland.com, 26 Aug. 2019
• 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
• 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
• This meant backtracking partway down the finger of water known as Yancey Bay and taking a narrow cut-through to the Apalachee River.
  — al, 18 Nov. 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
• Star power takes us partway toward an explanation but cannot drive us all the way home.
  — Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2022
• Bass showed up partway through the event to thank the council for approving her emergency declaration.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024