Middle England
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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One imagines many inhabitants of Middle England at the time saying, “if only we still had a king like Offa.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
“Emotional baggage from our country’s legacy of aristocratic privilege has endowed Middle England with the kind of stridently meritocratic values that are a complete anathema to judging people by their color,” Jacobs argued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2020
The absurd name Throbbing Gristle, for instance, did not mitigate the fear and loathing that Margaret Thatcher’s Middle England felt for the band.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 29, 2016
But the post-war mess in the country contributed to Labour jettisoning his successful electoral formula, targeted at Middle England, and moving leftwards.
From BBC ● May 26, 2015
Today Murray will draw strength from his family, warm sunshine, the unique setting of Centre Court and maybe even the encouragement of Middle England against the Californian Querrey, a real outsider.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2010
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