How to Use middle-of-the-road in a Sentence

middle-of-the-road

adjective
  • Most are denizens of the bright and hot sun in just about any middle-of-the-road soil.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • Atlanta’s Todd Fought had a middle-of-the-road weekend for Atlanta, but still sits #1 for the season for active challenger players.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 30 Sep. 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

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