halfway presentable
Frequency: 5.51.8 per million words
acceptably dressed or tidy enough for a particular situation
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- I need at least an hour to make myself halfway presentable before the interview.
- After a quick shower, he felt halfway presentable for the casual meeting.
- After a week of camping, we looked barely halfway presentable when we returned to town.
- The room was only halfway presentable after a hurried tidying up.
- Just give me ten minutes to get halfway presentable before the guests arrive.
- She managed to make herself halfway presentable despite the early hour.
- The hotel room was messy, but we managed to make it halfway presentable for the inspection.
- I'm not fully dressed yet, but I'm halfway presentable enough to answer the door.
- He rolled out of bed and tried to look halfway presentable for the video call.
- With a fresh coat of paint, the old car looked halfway presentable again.
- She wasn't halfway presentable yet, so she asked them to wait outside.
- He tried to look halfway presentable for the video call, even in his pajamas.
- The garden had been neglected, but we got it halfway presentable for the party.
- The report was rushed, but at least it was halfway presentable for the client.
- I can't answer the door looking like this—I'm not even halfway presentable!
- She felt only halfway presentable after a sleepless night of studying.
- After the long flight, I desperately needed a shower to feel halfway presentable.
- Just make it halfway presentable; it's not a formal event.
- The apartment was a disaster, but they cleaned enough to make it halfway presentable for viewing.
- The garden was still a mess, but the front path was halfway presentable.