middle distance
noun
1
: a part of a pictorial representation or scene between the foreground and the background
2
: any footrace distance usually from 800 to 1500 meters or from 880 yards to one mile
Examples of middle distance in a Sentence
As I looked out over the water, a small boat appeared in the middle distance.
Recent Examples on the Web
For this prize, Bellingham has competition from Scottish middle distance runner Josh Kerr, talented tennis teenager Coco Gauff, Chinese swimmer Qin Haiyang and fellow footballers Linda Caicedo and Salma Paralluelo who impressed at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Alex, who is small and dark-haired, and who from some angles looks much younger than her thirty-six years, nodded into the middle distance.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
But Quanta also pondered the middle distance, looking at what mathematicians can prove about graphs that are too large to analyze using brute force, but smaller than the infinite, asymptotic limit.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Dec. 2023
First-team middle distance, distance Crandall senior Luke Moffitt Moffitt won the 5A state title in the 800 with a time of 1:51.95.
—Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 2 June 2023
As his alarm clock flashes 12:12, the future Fox Sports lead analyst wakes up with a Bowman card on his nightstand and looks into the middle distance with a mixture of seeming relief and awe — maybe at what could have been.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
Common symptoms include one curl tumbling over your brow, staring wistfully into the middle distance, and post-Hellenistic thoughts.
—Grace Henes, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2023
Suddenly, things begin to slip into surreality, as Sophie levitates and the whole tableau comes crashing down into the shards of a shattered glass patio table — while Paul observes the catastrophe from the passive middle distance.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
Scouring the middle distance for signs of impending peril, they ...
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 16 Aug. 2023
Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Alex, who is small and dark-haired, and who from some angles looks much younger than her thirty-six years, nodded into the middle distance.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
But Quanta also pondered the middle distance, looking at what mathematicians can prove about graphs that are too large to analyze using brute force, but smaller than the infinite, asymptotic limit.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Dec. 2023
First-team middle distance, distance Crandall senior Luke Moffitt Moffitt won the 5A state title in the 800 with a time of 1:51.95.
—Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 2 June 2023
As his alarm clock flashes 12:12, the future Fox Sports lead analyst wakes up with a Bowman card on his nightstand and looks into the middle distance with a mixture of seeming relief and awe — maybe at what could have been.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
Common symptoms include one curl tumbling over your brow, staring wistfully into the middle distance, and post-Hellenistic thoughts.
—Grace Henes, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2023
Suddenly, things begin to slip into surreality, as Sophie levitates and the whole tableau comes crashing down into the shards of a shattered glass patio table — while Paul observes the catastrophe from the passive middle distance.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
Scouring the middle distance for signs of impending peril, they ...
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 16 Aug. 2023
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“Middle distance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20distance. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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