How to Use down the middle in a Sentence

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• But in the way that the state is split almost down the middle.
  — Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
• Just part your hair down the middle and use the clips to hold it up.
  — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 15 July 2023
• Take a spoon and make a slight dent down the middle to hold jam.
  — Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2023
• 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
• The driver honks the horn while speeding down the middle of the snowy street.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 3 Jan. 2024
• Slice the fruit down the middle, stem to root, to create two halves.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2023
• Cut squash in half, starting from the stem down the middle.
  — Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
• He was called out on an 88.1 mph sweeper down the middle of the plate.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2025
• Part your hair down the middle and section two parts to frame the front of your face.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 18 July 2023
• Rose striped a drive down the right side, McIlroy matched him down the middle.
  — Dave Skretta, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2025
• 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 justices in this case appear to be split down the middle.
  — Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
• Her hair was left down and in waves, parted down the middle.
  — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 29 June 2023
• The country, by state laws, is split right down the middle on the issue.
  — Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
• And teams have had success making plays down the middle of the field.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2023
• The key to his plate approach has always been to stay down the middle.
  — Cal Friedman, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2024
• Kljestan put it down the middle to give the road team a 1-0 lead.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
• Her hair was styled in a wavy blunt bob, parted down the middle.
  — Chiara Kim, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
• Their support is split down the middle of the new district.
  — Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
• Life — left, right, and right down the middle — assails Beau.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
• Shark eyes… Her arm split down the middle to the elbow, and this time the pain reached all the way to the deepest part of her mind.
  — William Earl, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
• The deer walked down the middle of the street and then into the front yard of a small house with a Christmas tree in the window.
  — Kate Dicamillo, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
• And not just throwing it down the middle, but aiming over the middle of the plate.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2024
• Her new one feels extremely down the middle in the best way.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2023
• The top is often part of a three-piece suit and looks like a vest with buttons down the middle.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 17 June 2024
• There’s a real crunch around the league down the middle, and seemingly every team is scrambling to land quality centres.
  — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
• Like their respective outlets, Entin plays things more down the middle than Huddy.
  — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
• As mentioned, it's split right down the middle − half in Arizona, half in Florida.
  — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
• Birfurcating the shoes down the middle from shaft to toe, one side was a shining navy leather while the other was a soft light blue suede.
  — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
• Line up different sizes of jars down the middle of the table, and fill them with water to use as bud vases or float blooms in shallow jars.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026