How to Use middle ground in a Sentence
middle ground
noun- The judge of the case chose a middle ground between harshness and leniency.
- Both sides in this debate need to do more to establish some middle ground.
-
And instead, the judge picked a middle ground of sorts.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
-
A lot of love-it or hate-it and … not much middle ground.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2024
-
The light catches her translucent sleeve and the wall in the middle ground.
—Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
-
The judge asked them to keep trying to find some middle ground.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
-
There’s a lot of tough rhetoric that makes the road to a middle ground — if there is one — tough to find.
—Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 July 2018
-
Its shape echoes that of the bird and the lone monkey clinging to a tree trunk in the middle ground.
—Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2022
-
So these four guys and their teams have 18 days to find a middle ground on a deal.
—Albert Breer, SI.com, 28 June 2018
-
And those on both sides of the issue say there may be no middle ground.
—Amy Schoenfeld Walker, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2023
-
What does the middle ground look like in a place like Missouri?
—NBC News, 5 Sep. 2021
-
There has been no real middle ground for the Rangers in June.
—Dallas News, 16 June 2022
-
Meanwhile, the two sides (and the White House) are meeting to find a middle ground.
—Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 30 July 2020
-
But like Blair, Starmer has shifted to the middle ground.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 5 July 2024
-
And those on both sides of the issue say there may be no middle ground.
—Amy Schoenfeld Walker, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
-
Nowadays, though, the Heat franchise is stuck in a middle ground in the NBA.
—Jordan McPherson, miamiherald, 28 June 2018
-
There is no middle ground between the truth and Trump's lies.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2020
-
For the most part, Black Spire Outpost is like a middle ground.
—Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 8 Sep. 2020
-
There seems to be no meet-in-the-middle ground for fans and detractors of blink-182.
—Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 8 July 2019
-
There’s not a lot of middle ground shots: landscape and faces.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 15 Dec. 2021
-
For me, striking that middle ground is a work in progress.
—Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024
-
And – and is there a way to devise a law to somehow find a middle ground on that?
—NBC News, 26 Dec. 2021
-
The Cooleys tried to find a middle ground and asked for a variance to build a 1,550 square foot home.
—al, 12 Mar. 2022
-
So did the fact that the venue became a middle ground between two states.
—al, 17 Nov. 2019
-
The happy middle ground is to do both and leave it up to the hummers to decide.
—Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
-
This young man is going to have to do more than try to plow middle ground.
—Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 17 Jan. 2020
-
For those who need to put some miles on their soles, look for a boot that finds some middle ground.
—Outdoor Life, 16 Mar. 2021
-
All the while, top Democrats and White House officials worked to come to a middle ground.
—Nicholas Wu, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2020
-
In television there are no gray areas, no middle ground.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 May 2025
-
For those seeking a suit that’s a bit more polished than linen or seersucker, tropical wool offers the perfect middle ground.
—Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'middle ground.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated: