How to Use in the middle in a Sentence
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But the real treat of the song is in the middle instrumental part, where the band takes flight.
— Steve Hochman, SPIN, 10 Oct. 2024 -
Similarly, motion at odd times, such as in the middle of the night, could alert them to an issue.
— Wes Davis, The Verge, 10 Oct. 2024 -
By Thursday morning, many residents trapped in the middle of the clashes appeared to have lost faith in an immediate resolution.
— Rob Picheta, CNN, 20 Apr. 2023 -
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 thing to note: The side parts of the frame have a supporting leg in the middle.
— Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 25 July 2024 -
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 -
Chief among them was running the campaign in the middle of a war zone.
— Ari Daniel, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024 -
So, the Royals turned it over to Stratton in the middle frames.
— Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2024 -
Both were in the middle of nowhere—one abroad— and both required time off work.
— Shon Faye, Vogue, 1 Oct. 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 -
Last, the crease in the middle of the inner screen is less noticeable than the one from last year.
— PCMAG, 3 Sep. 2024 -
Even when these fires burn in the middle of nowhere, the smoke impacts somebody.
— Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 14 June 2023 -
Suddenly, Peaches came to a halt right in the middle of the street.
— Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2023 -
The higher trim levels have a 120-volt outlet at the bottom and in the middle of the rear seats.
— Dan Seifert, The Verge, 26 Apr. 2023 -
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 -
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 -
The stand-up star is in the middle of her Hard Feelings tour, which runs through the end of December.
— Sydni Ellis, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023 -
There’s just one little spot in the middle where the guitar takes over the vocal line.
— Vulture, 17 July 2023 -
Anselm had the good sense of just getting me from the train station, then dropping me in the middle of the compound.
— Nathan Taylor Pemberton, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
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