How to Use down the middle in a Sentence

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  • Just part your hair down the middle and use the clips to hold it up.
    — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 15 July 2023
  • Take a spoon and make a slight dent down the middle to hold jam.
    — Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2023
  • This channel can be formed down the middle of your mouth, to the left, or to the right.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2024
  • The driver honks the horn while speeding down the middle of the snowy street.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Slice the fruit down the middle, stem to root, to create two halves.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Part your hair down the middle and section two parts to frame the front of your face.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 18 July 2023
  • If there was a floating field goal post on the pier the ball would have been right down the middle.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Her hair was left down and in waves, parted down the middle.
    — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 29 June 2023
  • And teams have had success making plays down the middle of the field.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The key to his plate approach has always been to stay down the middle.
    — Cal Friedman, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2024
  • Her hair was styled in a wavy blunt bob, parted down the middle.
    — Chiara Kim, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Their support is split down the middle of the new district.
    — Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Life — left, right, and right down the middle — assails Beau.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The deer walked down the middle of the street and then into the front yard of a small house with a Christmas tree in the window.
    — Kate Dicamillo, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
  • And not just throwing it down the middle, but aiming over the middle of the plate.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Her new one feels extremely down the middle in the best way.
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The top is often part of a three-piece suit and looks like a vest with buttons down the middle.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 17 June 2024
  • Kirk Cousins found Darnell Mooney streaking down the middle of the field for a 42-yard catch-and-score.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Just missed right down the middle, got hurt with it pretty bad.
    — Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Any doubt or concern was quelled with a Bassett laser down the middle from the spot to beat Beavers.
    — Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 21 July 2024
  • We got beat once down the middle and got out of coverage.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The first pitch was an outside curveball, the second was right down the middle.
    — Marissa Kraus, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2024
  • If the other two couples want to co-mingle their charges and split the cost down the middle, that’s up to them.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
  • What's more, the skirt of the ensemble also had a matching slit down the middle.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2023
  • On a second and 6, 8 yards away from the end zone, Hill snapped the ball with a fake handoff to take it himself down the middle.
    — Irie Harris, cleveland, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Her long hair was straightened and parted down the middle.
    — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Her short brown hair was parted down the middle and slicked back into a tight, low bun.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The new helmets include an orange and brown stripe down the middle.
    — Tom Withers, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2023
  • Gibson parted the layered unit down the middle and curled it away from Palmer's face.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 20 July 2023
  • Her hair, styled by Clara Leonard, was parted down the middle, pulled back and softly bumped out, complementing the dress’ contours.
    — Nick Hall, WWD, 25 Oct. 2024

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