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.
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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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