How to Use down the middle in a Sentence

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• All of the pipes had a narrow open channel down the middle, which was surrounded by a helical structure that caused any liquid passing through the pipe to swirl forward.
  — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2024
• Queenie Nguyen’s ultra-long manicure oozes gothic glamour — from the licorice-black shade to the elegant negative-space strip down the middle.
  — Mica Ricketts, refinery29.com, 10 Oct. 2024
• 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
• This channel can be formed down the middle of your mouth, to the left, or to the right.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2024
• 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
• The key to his plate approach has always been to stay down the middle.
  — Cal Friedman, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2024
• 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
• The top is often part of a three-piece suit and looks like a vest with buttons down the middle.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 17 June 2024
• Kirk Cousins found Darnell Mooney streaking down the middle of the field for a 42-yard catch-and-score.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
• Just missed right down the middle, got hurt with it pretty bad.
  — Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2024
• Any doubt or concern was quelled with a Bassett laser down the middle from the spot to beat Beavers.
  — Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 21 July 2024
• We got beat once down the middle and got out of coverage.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2023
• The first pitch was an outside curveball, the second was right down the middle.
  — Marissa Kraus, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2024
• 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 long hair was straightened and parted down the middle.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024