How to Use middle-of-the-road in a Sentence
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With a good amount of turns, a middle-of-the-road speed and a good ride length, Big Bear is the Goldilocks of rides.
— Silas Sloan, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023 -
But there may be yet another middle-of-the-road contender for the GOP to pin its hopes on.
— Time, 29 June 2023 -
This one is a good middle-of-the-road size for most spaces, with the option to mount it or use the kickstand to prop it up.
— Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 2 July 2024 -
This middle-of-the-road model seats one or two and has a speaker system.
— Carolyn Todd, Men's Health, 3 June 2023 -
Even aiming for middle-of-the-road compromise hardware costs in the area of $5,000.
— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 July 2024 -
Neither prudish nor, for the most part, smutty, the love scenes come straight out of middle-of-the-road romance novels.
— Judy Berman, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024 -
In all cases, 100 is considered a middle-of-the-road big-leaguer.
— Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023 -
This is, in my opinion, a good middle-of-the-road length and weight that will cover the bases for boat- and shore-based pursuits and a wide variety of lure styles.
— Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 Apr. 2023 -
People liked its middle-of-the-road consistency: not too fudgy, not too cakey.
— Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024 -
That makes Utah a pretty middle-of-the-road state in terms of dog ownership: 33rd in the U.S. in terms of the percentage of households that have dogs, 31st in dogs per household.
— Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023 -
The medium variant is the middle-of-the-road scenario provided by the United Nations.
— Carlotta Dotto, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023 -
This grill was middle-of-the-road in terms of performance — there were noticeable hot spots around the edges of the cooking area, but food placed in the middle of the grill was cooked nicely.
— Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2023 -
Is a merely decent opening enough for a middle-of-the-road contender whose awards fortunes will live and die by its box office?
— Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024 -
By contrast, middle-of-the-road and progressive sources were fragmented.
— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023 -
These are the definition of middle-of-the-road real Americans.
— Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2024 -
Because your average, middle-of-the-road restaurant is still full service, but that price point is not quite high enough to pay for everything.
— Julia Moskin, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024 -
At a campaign stop earlier this month, Ryan said many of Vance's comments are alienating middle-of-the-road voters.
— Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2022 -
Underworld figures who knew the younger Castro described him as a middle-of-the-road presence who never seemed to make trouble.
— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024 -
So there’s an audience for a smart middle-of-the-road approach to covering politics.
— Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 7 June 2023 -
Virgin Plus's ratings were middle-of-the-road in 2022, but survey respondents are much happier this year.
— Ben Gottesman, PCMAG, 17 May 2023 -
Now, both are trying to smooth their hard edges to win over the middle-of-the-road voters who will likely decide the victor in the Arizona Senate race -- and, possibly, control of the entire chamber.
— Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2024 -
This time, Trump has chosen a middle-of-the-road approach and eschewed the traditional hierarchy.
— Thomas Beaumont, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2023 -
The station carried a variety of formats, including what used to be called middle-of-the-road music, news-talk and modern country music.
— Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2024 -
But Raleigh stood out because its middle-of-the-road affordability comes with with wages above the 80th percentile nationally.
— Zachery Eanes, Axios, 30 July 2024 -
At 1/100 of a second, disposable cameras have a good middle-of-the-road setting for basic photography.
— Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2023 -
He was lightly recruited before landing at Iowa State, a middle-of-the-road program in the powerful Big 12 Conference.
— David K. Li, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2024 -
Questions about Middle East politics and the Israel-Gaza conflict dovetailed with the discussion about taking more middle-of-the-road positions at times.
— Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2024 -
Two seats are open this year on the state's middle-of-the-road Supreme Court, and state Republicans are targeting the state's 25-year-old ruling declaring the state constitution's right to privacy covers abortions.
— Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024 -
This is an excellent middle-of-the-road boot for a beginner-to-intermediate downhill skier who doesn’t need a super soft boot, but isn’t in the market for a hard-charging model.
— Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023 -
The company, which has been posting pretty middle-of-the-road results, had previously been trying to win over suppliers that were dropping out of Bed, Bath, & Beyond’s roster.
— Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 23 June 2023
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