Example Sentences

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Senna has artfully explored what it means to be a biracial person in America, and the dark comedy of in-betweenness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025

Entering this translucent chamber is a purely sensory experience of in-betweenness.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2023

This unmoored sense of perpetual in-betweenness will ring familiar to immigrants, their descendants and anyone who has felt caught between cultures.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022

As 2021 creeps in, remember: Teenagers are the ultimate embodiment of in-betweenness — caught between two confusing eras, never quite sure what of yesterday to retain and what of the future to grab at.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2020

It’s a curious thing to realize, the in-betweenness one feels being African American in Africa.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama