How to Use down the middle in a Sentence

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• Just part your hair down the middle and use the clips to hold it up.
  — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 15 July 2023
• Take a spoon and make a slight dent down the middle to hold jam.
  — Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2023
• The driver honks the horn while speeding down the middle of the snowy street.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 3 Jan. 2024
• Slice the fruit down the middle, stem to root, to create two halves.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2023
• Part your hair down the middle and section two parts to frame the front of your face.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 18 July 2023
• If there was a floating field goal post on the pier the ball would have been right down the middle.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2023
• Her hair was left down and in waves, parted down the middle.
  — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 29 June 2023
• And teams have had success making plays down the middle of the field.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2023
• Their support is split down the middle of the new district.
  — Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
• Life — left, right, and right down the middle — assails Beau.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
• The deer walked down the middle of the street and then into the front yard of a small house with a Christmas tree in the window.
  — Kate Dicamillo, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
• And not just throwing it down the middle, but aiming over the middle of the plate.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2024
• Her new one feels extremely down the middle in the best way.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2023
• We got beat once down the middle and got out of coverage.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2023
• If the other two couples want to co-mingle their charges and split the cost down the middle, that’s up to them.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
• What's more, the skirt of the ensemble also had a matching slit down the middle.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2023
• On a second and 6, 8 yards away from the end zone, Hill snapped the ball with a fake handoff to take it himself down the middle.
  — Irie Harris, cleveland, 26 Dec. 2022
• Her short brown hair was parted down the middle and slicked back into a tight, low bun.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 20 Sep. 2023
• The new helmets include an orange and brown stripe down the middle.
  — Tom Withers, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2023
• Gibson parted the layered unit down the middle and curled it away from Palmer's face.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 20 July 2023
• The Cervi family that owns the land has one of the oldest cattle brands in the state: a circle with a line down the middle of it.
  — Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
• The white helmet includes an orange and brown stripe down the middle.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 18 July 2023
• When the banana is soft, split it down the middle and sprinkle with chocolate chips or sauce and scoop straight out of the peel with a spoon.
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 25 Oct. 2023
• Bello started him with a fastball down the middle and Bellinger was ready for it.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
• At sunset, the tower lights will be split down the middle, with one half in green and white for the Eagles and the other in red and gold for the Chiefs.
  — Ginger Adams Otis, WSJ, 12 Feb. 2023
• Hurrying up the line of scrimmage, Williams was dialed in on Dedmon down the middle of the field.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2022
• Her lustrous blonde hair, which was parted down the middle, flowed to her chest, ending in a light curl.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 11 Aug. 2023
• On the subject of sharing the rock, Turner played it down the middle, saying the backs are fine with taking their turn.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
• Cleft down the middle, jagged-edged with wet sand packed inside, a fragment of something grander.
  — Emily Brisse, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
• Back in the fifth inning, Adell had watched a strike go right down the middle but eventually walked.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024