How to Use in the middle in a Sentence

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  • The seam in the middle of the run draws them in like a magnet.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Fold it in half again and place it down in the middle of the pants.
    Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2023
  • On the road - Drive in the middle lanes and stay on high ground.
    Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2025
  • There was no time for that here, in the middle of a war.
    Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Well, we have been known to change lyrics in the middle of a run.
    Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2025
  • Dust to the left, dust to the right, there in the middle, Beryl, a benchmark storm.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
  • That leaves a large swath in the middle, Mr. Levy said.
    John Leland, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Sounds like the truth of the matter lay somewhere in the middle of the noise.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Grab your foam ball and place it in the middle of the napkin.
    Anna Logan, Country Living, 31 July 2023
  • That moment followed me to the 1980s and woke me up in the middle of the night.
    David Chiu, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
  • And this is marathon running in the middle of a sprint.
    Town & Country, 5 June 2023
  • The live round could be seen in the middle row, on the righthand side.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The throw, however, was right in the middle of the strike zone.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The Rockies’ farm system is ranked in the middle of the pack.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025
  • One thing to note: The side parts of the frame have a supporting leg in the middle.
    Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 25 July 2024
  • Iglesias is in the middle of a tough season that isn't quite the norm for the righty.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
  • One night, Miley Cyrus jumped onto the pole in the middle of the pit.
    Jay Cheshes, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Tight end James Mitchell caught a deep ball in the middle of the field from Dalton.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 3 Aug. 2025
  • The screen has been installed in the middle of that stand, as the video below shows.
    Laia Cervelló Herrero, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
  • News of Season 2 was announced in the middle of the show’s run.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The tiny one in the middle of the busiest intersection in town.
    Heidi Pérez-Moreno, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
  • Chief among them was running the campaign in the middle of a war zone.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
  • So, the Royals turned it over to Stratton in the middle frames.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Both were in the middle of nowhere—one abroad— and both required time off work.
    Shon Faye, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2024
  • It’s felt like dance music has met me in the middle, too.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Well, those health problems happened right in the middle of the whole thing.
    Jim Halterman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Nicola knelt in the middle of a walkway in Jerusalem to ask the question.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The greatest moment for me in the whole evolution of the piece is right in the middle.
    Ryan Reed, SPIN, 5 July 2024
  • There’s no better place to be than square in the middle of a debate.
    Lauren Coates, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
  • For nearly two weeks, Texas Democrats have stymied Republicans’ attempts to redraw the state’s congressional districts in the middle of the decade by remaining out of state.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025

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