How to Use in the middle in a Sentence

in the middle

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  • The seam in the middle of the run draws them in like a magnet.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Fold it in half again and place it down in the middle of the pants.
    — Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2023
  • There was no time for that here, in the middle of a war.
    — Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Dust to the left, dust to the right, there in the middle, Beryl, a benchmark storm.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
  • That leaves a large swath in the middle, Mr. Levy said.
    — John Leland, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Grab your foam ball and place it in the middle of the napkin.
    — Anna Logan, Country Living, 31 July 2023
  • And this is marathon running in the middle of a sprint.
    — Town & Country, 5 June 2023
  • The live round could be seen in the middle row, on the righthand side.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The throw, however, was right in the middle of the strike zone.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • One thing to note: The side parts of the frame have a supporting leg in the middle.
    — Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 25 July 2024
  • One night, Miley Cyrus jumped onto the pole in the middle of the pit.
    — Jay Cheshes, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The tiny one in the middle of the busiest intersection in town.
    — Heidi Pérez-Moreno, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
  • Chief among them was running the campaign in the middle of a war zone.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
  • So, the Royals turned it over to Stratton in the middle frames.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Both were in the middle of nowhere—one abroad— and both required time off work.
    — Shon Faye, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2024
  • It’s felt like dance music has met me in the middle, too.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Well, those health problems happened right in the middle of the whole thing.
    — Jim Halterman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Nicola knelt in the middle of a walkway in Jerusalem to ask the question.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The greatest moment for me in the whole evolution of the piece is right in the middle.
    — Ryan Reed, SPIN, 5 July 2024
  • Last, the crease in the middle of the inner screen is less noticeable than the one from last year.
    — PCMAG, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Even when these fires burn in the middle of nowhere, the smoke impacts somebody.
    — Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 14 June 2023
  • Suddenly, Peaches came to a halt right in the middle of the street.
    — Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The higher trim levels have a 120-volt outlet at the bottom and in the middle of the rear seats.
    — Dan Seifert, The Verge, 26 Apr. 2023
  • That’s a far cry from 2021, when the events in Tokyo often occurred in the middle of the night for U.S. viewers.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024
  • Before the surgery, Callum used to scream in the middle of the night, and would sometimes hit himself in the face.
    — David Begnaud, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The mountain range used to be islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
    — Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2023
  • But the real treat of the song is in the middle instrumental part, where the band takes flight.
    — Steve Hochman, SPIN, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The stand-up star is in the middle of her Hard Feelings tour, which runs through the end of December.
    — Sydni Ellis, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Jackson completed a deep pass to Zay Flowers in the middle of the field.
    — Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Ralph Fiennes gives a steady and strong performance as the man in the middle of exquisitely watchable religious chaos.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024

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