How to Use down the middle in a Sentence

down the middle

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• The next one missed right down the middle.
  — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
• And just like that, fans are split right down the middle.
  — Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
• Take a spoon and make a slight dent down the middle to hold jam.
  — Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2023
• Just part your hair down the middle and use the clips to hold it up.
  — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 15 July 2023
• Draw a straight line down the middle of a football field.
  — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2026
• Her hair was parted down the middle in loose waves.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
• But in the way that the state is split almost down the middle.
  — Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
• Our country is split down the middle.
  — Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
• Just missed right down the middle, got hurt with it pretty bad.
  — Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2024
• Her hair was styled in a wavy blunt bob, parted down the middle.
  — Chiara Kim, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
• Crews will clear one passable lane down the middle of these streets.
  — Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 24 Jan. 2026
• Slice the fruit down the middle, stem to root, to create two halves.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2023
• Congress is split down the middle.
  — Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
• Neeskens didn’t mess about with the penalty, straight down the middle.
  — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026
• Crews will clear one passable lane down the middle of the street on these roads.
  — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 2 Dec. 2025
• Part your hair down the middle and section two parts to frame the front of your face.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 18 July 2023
• The Sony earbuds are right down the middle.
  — PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
• The justices in this case appear to be split down the middle.
  — Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
• 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
• Got his Daisy Dukes on and puts it right down the middle again.
  — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
• Balls down the middle, Tigers hitters took or fouled off.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
• The key to his plate approach has always been to stay down the middle.
  — Cal Friedman, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2024
• His image split down the middle as if cleaved in half by the lightning.
  — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 July 2026
• And teams have had success making plays down the middle of the field.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2023
• Ciara styled her blonde hair with a soft wave and parted it down the middle.
  — Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 17 July 2025
• Hold each section of tinsel by the top strip, and part it down the middle.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2025
• The driver honks the horn while speeding down the middle of the snowy street.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 3 Jan. 2024
• 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
• The country, by state laws, is split right down the middle on the issue.
  — Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
• This set includes a pullover top with a crew neck and four buttons down the middle.
  — Kayleigh Drake, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025