Examples of midpoint in a Sentence
The crowd begins to leave after the midpoint of the final period.
The team is in last place at the midpoint of the season.
the midpoint between her knee and ankle
The train stopped to refuel at the midpoint between New York and Chicago.
the midpoint of one side of the rectangle
Recent Examples on the Web
In Guadagnino’s erotic drama, Zendaya plays the gal in that position, seated at precisely the midpoint between Art and Patrick in their big match.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
At the midpoint, the sun will be in the southwest at 196 degrees and an elevation of 57.6 degrees.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2024
The actors do much the same, playing the full range of their characters’ contradictions, not planting themselves at some bland midpoint.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
At the midpoint of the Pac-12 season, road teams have a 16-40 record in conference play — a winning percentage of just 28.6.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
The movie contains many of Park’s trademarks—a reversal at the midpoint, washes of hyperreal green, a chamber of private violence, octopus stuff—and is the first to fully marry his intensity and his restraint.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
In addition to committing 10 turnovers, the Bruins didn’t run their offense enough through Betts, who had just six points at the game’s midpoint after scoring two of her team’s first three baskets.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Originally budgeted at $34.9 million, that leg will jut off the starter line at Third Street and Grand Boulevard in the River Market, then head north over the Grand Boulevard viaduct and east to within a five-minute walk of the stadium, stopping at the midpoint of Berkley Riverfront Park.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2024
Remains of all 10 victims — eight women, a man, and a little girl — were found around the midpoint of a 15-mile stretch of Ocean Parkway running east from Jones Beach.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Peter Debruge, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
At the midpoint, the sun will be in the southwest at 196 degrees and an elevation of 57.6 degrees.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2024
The actors do much the same, playing the full range of their characters’ contradictions, not planting themselves at some bland midpoint.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
At the midpoint of the Pac-12 season, road teams have a 16-40 record in conference play — a winning percentage of just 28.6.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
The movie contains many of Park’s trademarks—a reversal at the midpoint, washes of hyperreal green, a chamber of private violence, octopus stuff—and is the first to fully marry his intensity and his restraint.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
In addition to committing 10 turnovers, the Bruins didn’t run their offense enough through Betts, who had just six points at the game’s midpoint after scoring two of her team’s first three baskets.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Originally budgeted at $34.9 million, that leg will jut off the starter line at Third Street and Grand Boulevard in the River Market, then head north over the Grand Boulevard viaduct and east to within a five-minute walk of the stadium, stopping at the midpoint of Berkley Riverfront Park.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2024
Remains of all 10 victims — eight women, a man, and a little girl — were found around the midpoint of a 15-mile stretch of Ocean Parkway running east from Jones Beach.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
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“Midpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midpoint. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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midpoint
noun
mid·point
ˈmid-ˌpȯint 
: a point at or near the center or middle
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