How to Use middle in a Sentence

middle

1 of 2 adjective
  • High temperatures today should be in the middle 80s.
  • Dairy should be kept on a middle shelf.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 7 June 2026
  • Place the dish on the middle rack of the oven.
    Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Take away the middle-of-the-field throws.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
  • His seat was a middle one in the back of the plane.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Her hair was sleek and straight, styled in a middle part.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Smack dab in the middle might’ve been enough three years ago.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Her blonde hair was worn in a middle part, straight, and long.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Place the pan on the middle oven rack and your cheese will melt just fine.
    Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Highs will top out in the middle 80s.
    Steven Sosna, CBS News, 14 June 2026
  • That middle-of-the-night jolt awake is not random.
    Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
  • As for glam, Wilde’s blond hair was styled with a middle part.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • On the road - Drive in the middle lanes and stay on high ground.
    Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • Faubion said people need not dread their middle and post-menopausal years.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Good start, good middle, good finish.
    Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Enter in the front and exit via the middle or back door.
    Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Finnie looks like a guy who could be a middle 6 player, the skill is there.
    Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And then the first pitch, middle-middle heater to Marte.
    Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Her brunette hair was styled with a middle part and included soft curls.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Burke could get selected in the middle rounds of the draft.
    David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Tax cuts for the middle and working classes, and tax hikes for the rich.
    Darian Woods, NPR, 4 May 2026
  • That's on the middle frame and the camera housing on the rear.
    PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Bey rocked a middle part again, this time twisted up into a chic chignon.
    Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
  • That middle-of-the-night jolt awake is not anxiety or bad luck.
    Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The model left her long, brown locks straight with a middle parting.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 4 May 2026
  • Is there a middle path—a way of being rule-bound to just the right degree?
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In July, the body of a middle-aged man was pulled from the lake.
    Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Grease a 10-inch springform pan and place on middle rack.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The bullpen was taxed and the Royals were down a run in the middle frames.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • On the middle level, there’s five en suite bedrooms.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026

middle

2 of 2 noun
  • The car stopped in the middle of the road.
  • She opened the book to the middle and began to read.
  • He tied the sash around his middle.
  • He stood exactly in the middle of the room.
  • The house should be finished by the middle of next summer.
  • She put her arms around his middle.
  • The beginning and ending of the movie were good, but the middle was pretty boring.
  • A good essay will have a clear beginning, middle, and end.
  • Stand in the middle of the boat.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 23 June 2026
  • Try to stay in the middle of the field.
    Dennis Lin, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Cars freeze in the middle of the street.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
  • Don't park in the middle of the aisle.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • That’s the hug in the middle of the day.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026
  • These tie-waist shorts fall right in the middle.
    Jill Layton, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
  • Much like last year, the floods came in the middle of the night.
    Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026
  • Garfield had stopped three short runs up the middle near the goal line.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Lie on your back and loop the strap around the middle of your right foot.
    Jenny McCoy, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Just a grate in the middle of the floor for your soul to slip away through.
    USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Mack was in the middle of most of the action.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
  • How the hell is this going to be the middle of the ocean!
    Jon Landau, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
  • There’s like a ridge going down the middle of it.
    AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
  • Both of them run in-breaking routes to the middle.
    Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Trying to sit in the middle won’t work.
    Koray Köse, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The dome became a makeshift stage in the middle of the field.
    Niyaz Pirani, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In the middle of deep grief, your support has been a light.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Itay was the middle of three brothers.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The graph showed a flat line with a single sharp spike in the middle.
    Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The middle of his body went first while his legs shot up into the air.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • One of his teenage children gasped for air in the middle of the night.
    Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The middle of his chest was covered with a large, gooey piece of gauze.
    Jeff Pearlman, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025

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