dead center

idiom

: in the exact center
She hung the picture dead center on the wall.

Examples of dead center in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Soderstrom, who had potential game-winners die at the left field fence against Toronto and San Diego of late, drove a Ryan pitch 431 feet to dead center field at 112.1 miles per hour for his fourth homer of the season. Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024 Instead, they were walked to the best seats in the house, ten rows up, dead center, a perfect view. SELF, 11 June 2024 Leading off, Hernandez hit a high fly to dead center. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 28 May 2024 Bell, who went 3 for 4, singled in the eighth, but Bryan De La Cruz’s bid for a game-tying two-run homer was caught at the 400-foot mark in dead center. Harvey Fialkov, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for dead center 

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“Dead center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20center. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.

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