middle distance
noun
1
: a part of a pictorial representation or scene between the foreground and the background
2
: any footrace distance usually from 800 to 1500 meters or from 880 yards to one mile
Examples of middle distance in a Sentence
As I looked out over the water, a small boat appeared in the middle distance.
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Further evidence of the U.S. emergence as a global middle distance power sparked by Centrowitz’s victory came in fifth place where Hobbs Kessler, the 21-year-old Michigan phenom now competing for adidas, finished in a personal best 3:29.45.
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Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 6 Aug. 2024
Coe that summer had just started to emerge as the leading threat to Ovett’s status as the world’s premier middle distance runner.
—Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 6 Aug. 2024
On Sunday, June 30, the middle distance track star held off competitors Emily Mackay and Elle St. Pierre in the final women’s 1,500-meter race in the U.S. Olympic Track and Field trials at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 1 July 2024
Mu, the graceful and shaken queen of American middle distance running, tripped and fell less than halfway through her first lap while running amid a dense pack of limbs and spikes.
—Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
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Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 6 Aug. 2024
Coe that summer had just started to emerge as the leading threat to Ovett’s status as the world’s premier middle distance runner.
—Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 6 Aug. 2024
On Sunday, June 30, the middle distance track star held off competitors Emily Mackay and Elle St. Pierre in the final women’s 1,500-meter race in the U.S. Olympic Track and Field trials at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 1 July 2024
Mu, the graceful and shaken queen of American middle distance running, tripped and fell less than halfway through her first lap while running amid a dense pack of limbs and spikes.
—Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
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“Middle distance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20distance. Accessed 22 Sep. 2024.
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