in the middle of
idiom
1
: while (something) is happening or being done : during (something)
The protesters interrupted her in the middle of her speech.
He kept waking up in the middle of the night.
The movie was so bad we walked out right in the middle of it.
2
: in the process of (doing something)
I was in the middle of (eating) dinner when the phone rang.
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But the city was in the middle of an intense heat wave, and by midafternoon the temperature was higher than 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Terri Adams-Fuller, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
The state statute in the middle of this controversy governs the procedure through which tax-exempt status is granted for any organization.
—Yash Roy, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2023
Is there a counter-history in which Putin’s Russia and the U.S. merrily prosecuted the war on terror together—threw bags over people’s heads, knocked down doors in the middle of the night, and zapped people from the skies, together?
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
That January, Patrick woke in the middle of the night with significant GI bleeding.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023
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Terri Adams-Fuller, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
The state statute in the middle of this controversy governs the procedure through which tax-exempt status is granted for any organization.
—Yash Roy, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2023
Is there a counter-history in which Putin’s Russia and the U.S. merrily prosecuted the war on terror together—threw bags over people’s heads, knocked down doors in the middle of the night, and zapped people from the skies, together?
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
That January, Patrick woke in the middle of the night with significant GI bleeding.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023
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“In the middle of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20middle%20of. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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