How to Use middle name in a Sentence
middle name
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By the end of the day, these two might even know each other's middle names.
— Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2023 -
Note that the pair appear to be dropping the middle name Jacques.
— Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 17 Mar. 2023 -
But patience has been my middle name for the last year and a half.
— Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2021 -
The girl has three middle names, one of which is Pirate!
— Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 25 July 2019 -
This year, Spine Team Texas lived up to its middle name.
— Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 12 Nov. 2020 -
As a child, Mr. Floyd was known in the Bricks as Perry, his middle name.
— BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2020 -
Her middle name had been passed down to me, as well as the spread of her nose and her deep-set eyes.
— Vogue, 1 Oct. 2019 -
Both my first and middle names were hand-me-downs, the monikers of my parents' good friends.
— April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024 -
Khachek gave her daughter the middle name Vana in tribute to the same place.
— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2021 -
Gaffney’s middle name, Makanaokeakua, mean’s gift from God.
— Dom Amore, courant.com, 8 Nov. 2021 -
Nakano's middle name, Oceana, is a nod to Pacheco's passion for the ocean and marine life.
— Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2021 -
Many classmates gave up and called me by my middle name, Grace.
— BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023 -
Taylor was sure that Amari — that’s her middle name — wasn’t ready to come home.
— ProPublica, 9 June 2022 -
Tannahill is the first name of his 21-year-old son and his late father’s middle name.
— Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 21 July 2023 -
Darius Leonard prefers to be called by his middle name, Shaquille.
— The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2022 -
Jean gave him a middle name from the Bible -- Shem, who was one of Noah's sons -- and Botham grew up to be a man of faith.
— Darran Simon, CNN, 21 Sep. 2019 -
The baby's first name is a nod to Robin Williams, whose middle name was McLaurin.
— Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2020 -
His mother, Mary Sweeney, was a nurse who was known by her middle name, Claire.
— Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2019 -
There’s yet a third brother named Wilmer whose middle name is Rafael.
— John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 July 2022 -
But Erick — who goes by his middle name, David — hasn’t called.
— Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2021 -
Her eldest child, Mike, was given the middle name Duane.
— Sydney Page, Washington Post, 15 June 2022 -
Her middle name is a nod to Pacheco's passion for diving.
— Erin Bried, Parents, 19 Aug. 2023 -
Both Dyesha and her daughter have Princess as a middle name.
— cleveland, 7 Aug. 2022 -
Steg gave her son the middle name of James after her father.
— The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2024 -
Ator used his middle name as his last and listed a P.O. box for an address.
— Scott Glover, CNN, 7 Oct. 2020 -
Her father chose her name, but Malaya prefers her middle name.
— The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 18 Dec. 2022 -
Sometimes a student prefers to go by a nickname or a middle name.
— Joshua Q. Nelson, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2023 -
Their younger sibling, Walter, was born in 1919, and went by his middle name, Dakin.
— Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023 -
The firstborn son in each family is christened Diego, and all members take Diego as a middle name.
— Teresa Grøtan (tr. Caroline Waight), The Dial, 12 Nov. 2024 -
The two suggested a middle name that would pay homage to the influence Louise’s birth would have for generations to come.
— Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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