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 was not a lot of middle ground, and that’s not to say it’s the faceoff guys.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 11 June 2018
• 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
• Tofu and dairy products occupy a middle ground between the two.
  — New Atlas, 2 July 2025
• The final Parliament proposal may end up being the middle ground.
  — Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025