middle of the road

Example Sentences

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That middle-of-the-road phrasing is a result of the rising perils of wading into hot-button issues in recent years.

From Barron's

It has been a dramatic transformation for the Remain-voting Newark MP, once dubbed "Robert Generic" by his Tory critics for his supposedly middle-of-the-road political views.

From BBC

The team’s middle-of-the-road defense had no answer for Phoenix’s dizzying offense that shot 57% from the field.

From Los Angeles Times

So, its end is easy to celebrate as a triumph of reason and of middle-of-the-road politics.

From Salon

“We have a large number of middle-of-the-road people who are out there looking for someone to sing their song,” Perlaky said.

From Salon