middle
adjective
equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central.
middles
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pluralof middle.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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We're often stuck in the middles or the betweens, or even like for me, when I was successful, that was the time I was struggling the most mentally.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2023
We love the criminal trial for the same reason Shakespeare and Court TV loved them: Morality plays, gripping narratives, heroes and villains, and the story that begins and middles and ends.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2023
I thought I played pretty well, but we talked about the toughness of the game and our middles - the big forwards - laid that platform at the start of the match.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2022
“I’ve had ups and downs and sideways and middles, and the middles may be harder than the downs,” he said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
He rarely showed up when a particular movie was about to begin, so he’d seen beginnings, finales, and middles of dozens of movies, but hardly any in their entirety.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
