Example sentences for: halved

How can you use “halved” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • As a result, it halved the number of vehicles it had to sell every year to break even.

  • Earlier in the day, he had predicted a Russian victory in two months, but after a festive luncheon held in his honor by Israeli President Ezer Weizman, he halved the estimate.

  • By the end of the 1800s the population of the country was virtually halved.

  • Willes recently halved the price of the Times to 25 cents to reach nonsubscribers.

  • Meanwhile, the conservative Daily Telegraph downplayed the story with a small front-page reference, which noted, however, that "the vote, which halved the Republican majority in the House of Representatives and froze it in the Senate, was the best mid-term performance by a president's party since the 1930s."


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