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
There were no placards and pitchforks from Outraged of Middle England, just sustained spasms of noise and appreciation, even on those stretches out east where there is often time for monkish contemplation.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 21, 2013
She saw herself as the champion of Middle England, yet her granddaughter Amanda Thatcher read the first lesson in an American accent.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2013
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