How to Use in the middle in a Sentence

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  • One thing to note: The side parts of the frame have a supporting leg in the middle.
    Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 25 July 2024
  • Buttigieg and his husband were in the middle of the adoption process when Vance made those comments.
    Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2024
  • Tunneling is when a candle doesn't melt all the way around, leaving you with a rim of wax with a hole in the middle.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 27 July 2024
  • At Scotti’s, a romantic evening can be had in the middle of the afternoon.
    Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
  • Start by identifying your skin’s undertone as cool, warm, or neutral based on whether your veins are blue, green, or in the middle.
    Kate Watson, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
  • Chatty Cathy’s owner Cathy Meyers was in the middle of all of it, directing traffic.
    Michael Burgess, Charlotte Observer, 31 May 2024
  • That’s a far cry from 2021, when the events in Tokyo often occurred in the middle of the night for U.S. viewers.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024
  • Later that month, he was arrested in Texas for public intoxication after police received calls about a man banging on doors in the middle of the night.
    Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 28 May 2024
  • The dinosaur does not have a nose horn but rather two large and asymmetrical horns on each side of the middle of the back of the frill as well as a spike in the middle of the frill and more than 20 horns along the frill.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 20 June 2024
  • With a uniform consisting of a sleek riding jacket, jodhpurs, and knee-high boots, horseback riding boasts some of the more stylish garb, meeting right in the middle of athleticism and fashion.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 June 2024
  • Fittingly, Jeff was in the middle of shooting Independence Day: Resurgence when his son was born.
    Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
  • Trump, who's in the middle of a presidential campaign and has three other criminal trials pending, has announced no international travel plans.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 31 May 2024
  • At least one feline much bigger than your average neighborhood cat was spotted roaming through California backyards in the middle of the night, home surveillance videos show.
    Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
  • The seam in the middle of the run draws them in like a magnet.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Fold it in half again and place it down in the middle of the pants.
    Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2023
  • There was no time for that here, in the middle of a war.
    Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Dust to the left, dust to the right, there in the middle, Beryl, a benchmark storm.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
  • That leaves a large swath in the middle, Mr. Levy said.
    John Leland, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Grab your foam ball and place it in the middle of the napkin.
    Anna Logan, Country Living, 31 July 2023
  • And this is marathon running in the middle of a sprint.
    Town & Country, 5 June 2023
  • The live round could be seen in the middle row, on the righthand side.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The throw, however, was right in the middle of the strike zone.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • One night, Miley Cyrus jumped onto the pole in the middle of the pit.
    Jay Cheshes, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The tiny one in the middle of the busiest intersection in town.
    Heidi Pérez-Moreno, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
  • So, the Royals turned it over to Stratton in the middle frames.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Nicola knelt in the middle of a walkway in Jerusalem to ask the question.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The greatest moment for me in the whole evolution of the piece is right in the middle.
    Ryan Reed, SPIN, 5 July 2024
  • Even when these fires burn in the middle of nowhere, the smoke impacts somebody.
    Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 14 June 2023
  • Before the surgery, Callum used to scream in the middle of the night, and would sometimes hit himself in the face.
    David Begnaud, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The mountain range used to be islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
    Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2023

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