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in the middle

ADJECTIVE
between the devil and the deep blue sea
Synonyms
WEAK
Catch-22 Hobson's choice between Scylla and Charybdis between a rock and a hard place between the hammer and the anvil between two fires cornered in a dilemma in a pickle in a predicament no choice sitting on a powder keg
ADJECTIVE
on the fence
Synonyms
WEAK
ambivalent betwixt and between blowing hot and cold borderline debatable divided hemming and hawing hesitant iffy impartial indecisive irresolute neutral not definite not sure of two minds open running hot and cold tentative torn uncertain unclear uncommitted undetermined unsure up in the air waffling wavering wishy-washy
ADJECTIVE
undecided
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ambivalent doubtful hesitant uncertain unclear uncommitted undetermined unsure vague wavering
WEAK
betwixt and between blowing hot and cold borderline debatable dithering dubious equivocal hemming and hawing iffy indecisive indefinite irresolute moot of two minds on the fence open pendent pending running hot and cold tentative torn unfinished unsettled up in the air waffling wishy-washy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
certain clear definite determined resolved secure settled sure
WEAK
decided undoubted
ADVERB
between
Synonyms
STRONG
betwixt
WEAK
amid amidst among at intervals bounded by centrally located enclosed by halfway in in the midst of in the seam in the thick of inserted interpolated intervening medially mid midway separating
PREPOSITION
through
Synonyms
STRONGEST
about straight
WEAK
by clear for the period from beginning to end in in and out into past round throughout
Antonyms
WEAK
around

Example Sentences

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What sort of work did you have to do to meet in the middle with the character?

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

"It felt like my organs were crushing inside my body," Stumo said, recalling his reaction when he learned of the accident in the middle of the night.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

“You’ll be reading someone’s Substack or blog post, and all of a sudden in the middle of a perfect paragraph, there’ll be a mistake sitting out there like a sore thumb,” said O’Bryan, 62.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Against Liverpool, Bernardo Silva positioned himself in the middle of the pitch with Nico O'Reilly to his left and Rayan Cherki to his right as attacking midfielders.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

There was a centre-table in the middle, and we all stood around it.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock