How to Use middle-of-the-road in a Sentence

middle-of-the-road

adjective
  • Most are denizens of the bright and hot sun in just about any middle-of-the-road soil.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 Aug. 2024
  • This season seems to be a middle-of-the-road year for the Bronx Bombers.
    — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
  • With a good amount of turns, a middle-of-the-road speed and a good ride length, Big Bear is the Goldilocks of rides.
    — Silas Sloan, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
  • One middle-of-the-road season shouldn't force the team to cut ties with one of its best players.
    — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
  • Economists from both sides of the aisle believe Bessent is a middle-of-the-road pick.
    — Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2024
  • But there may be yet another middle-of-the-road contender for the GOP to pin its hopes on.
    — Time, 29 June 2023
  • This one is a good middle-of-the-road size for most spaces, with the option to mount it or use the kickstand to prop it up.
    — Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 2 July 2024
  • This is a middle-of-the-road status and does come with some ok benefits.
    — David Rae, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • This middle-of-the-road model seats one or two and has a speaker system.
    — Carolyn Todd, Men's Health, 3 June 2023
  • Atlanta, on the other hand, is a middle-of-the-road team in both categories.
    — Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Even aiming for middle-of-the-road compromise hardware costs in the area of $5,000.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 July 2024
  • For its part, Barclays on Wednesday issued a middle-of-the-road view on Dover.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
  • This middle-of-the-road snow blower will clear a small driveway quickly, but won’t cost you over a grand.
    — Christopher Murray, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • This middle-of-the-road snow blower will clear a small driveway quickly, but won’t cost you over a grand.
    — Christopher Murray, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The Jets’ offensive line was a middle-of-the-road unit last season, allowing 40 sacks, which ranked 17th in the league.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Neither prudish nor, for the most part, smutty, the love scenes come straight out of middle-of-the-road romance novels.
    — Judy Berman, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
  • In all cases, 100 is considered a middle-of-the-road big-leaguer.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
  • This is, in my opinion, a good middle-of-the-road length and weight that will cover the bases for boat- and shore-based pursuits and a wide variety of lure styles.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 Apr. 2023
  • People liked its middle-of-the-road consistency: not too fudgy, not too cakey.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
  • That makes Utah a pretty middle-of-the-road state in terms of dog ownership: 33rd in the U.S. in terms of the percentage of households that have dogs, 31st in dogs per household.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The medium variant is the middle-of-the-road scenario provided by the United Nations.
    — Carlotta Dotto, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023
  • This grill was middle-of-the-road in terms of performance — there were noticeable hot spots around the edges of the cooking area, but food placed in the middle of the grill was cooked nicely.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Is a merely decent opening enough for a middle-of-the-road contender whose awards fortunes will live and die by its box office?
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The Flyers could conceivably use some of those picks in trades, while also keeping enough of them to bolster what looks like a middle-of-the-road farm system.
    — Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • Atlanta’s Todd Fought had a middle-of-the-road weekend for Atlanta, but still sits #1 for the season for active challenger players.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • By contrast, middle-of-the-road and progressive sources were fragmented.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Buffalo employed a lot of middle-of-the-road wide receivers last year, and their offense was perfectly fine.
    — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Standard rooms at more middle-of-the-road properties both on- and off-property start much lower.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
  • These are the definition of middle-of-the-road real Americans.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Because your average, middle-of-the-road restaurant is still full service, but that price point is not quite high enough to pay for everything.
    — Julia Moskin, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024

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