In the 1980s, table place settings, sometimes clean, sometimes with food partly consumed, became a favorite and frequent subject.

"You are partly consumed by anger," said the Chinaman.

All the glass had been broken out of all the windows years ago, and here and there structures had been partly consumed by ancient fires.

They were both silent, regarding the gun as it lay in its open teakwood box -with its carton of partly consumed ammunition.

He pointed to the partly consumed end.

There, black fingers lifted the half-smoked cigar that lay in an ash tray, and then replaced the partly consumed perfecto.

The table attached to the tree is laden with partly consumed food and drink.

In 1923 the manor house was partly consumed by fire which destroyed the south wing.

And over here, in far corner, we have partly consumed envelope, burned but slightly at top.

My third loaf of black bread was partly consumed, so I must have been in prison nine or ten days.