How to Use midway in a Sentence

midway

adverb
  • They took the lead midway through the second period.
  • You should begin reading at the paragraph that begins midway down the page.
  • Flynn took over midway through the Week 12 game against the Vikings that would end in a tie.
    Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Arizona led by as many as eight runs midway through the game.
    Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The Suns went on a 12-2 run to cut the deficit to eight midway through the fourth as the Clippers began to look stagnant on both ends of the floor.
    Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The program ran out of money in June 2023, midway through the fiscal year.
    Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
  • In a video of a woman walking down a Tokyo street, the subject’s legs switch sides midway through the clip.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
  • But the decision was taken out of her hands midway through the process.
    John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Then with the Lions down three midway through the fourth quarter, Campbell went for it again on fourth-and-3 from the 30.
    Josh Dubow, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Love found Romeo Doubs on a fade route for a nine-yard touchdown midway through the first quarter.
    Austin Curtright, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Even a dunk from Jimmy Butler midway through the quarter couldn’t give the Heat hope.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
  • The home team tried to make a push midway through the second half while still trailing by two but the Dons handled the pressure.
    Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Moritz said the remark went too far, and 17-year-old Claire Howard, who moved out of the district midway through last school-year, agreed.
    Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The girl was crossing Redwood Street about midway down the block with her siblings when she was struck.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Her second Wave club stands first midway through the 22-game season.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2023
  • The second half was even, but the Sea Lions (18-13) couldn’t make a dent in the advantage the Cougars had taken midway through the first half.
    U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Hilary Duff just hit a bump in the road midway through her pregnancy.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2023
  • In the first of the rookie sessions, Jones threw up midway through the hour-long practice and had to collect himself on the sidelines.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The Kings on Friday got out to 20-6 lead midway through the first quarter thanks to getting turnovers and starting hot from 3-point range.
    Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 2 Mar. 2024
  • This is the tune-up game for Oklahoma State the week after, and Dillingham will get his twos in the mix midway through the second half.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Tkachuk then knocked in a rebound midway through that period to put the Panthers up 2-1.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
  • When the Clippers’ lead was trimmed to 13 midway through the fourth quarter, Powell pushed the ball upcourt and Mann cut backdoor for a dunk.
    Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The Jazz cut it to one midway through the second, but Detroit answered with a Cunningham 3.
    Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Jim Davis/Globe Staff The game opened up midway through the second period with the teams combining for three goals in a span of 3:35.
    Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • And there are so many tangential scenes that the plot focus became fuzzy for me midway through.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • By midway through the first quarter Wednesday, that journey seemed a long ways from coming to an end.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Game prediction This game should be over midway through the second half.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The crash The travelers were midway through their 95-minute flight on May 1 when the plane vanished from tracking systems.
    Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • But perhaps his most egregious mistake came midway through the first half.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Allen his shoulder midway through the third, just before Herbert found Jalen Guyton for a score to tie it up.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2023

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