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Example Sentences

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All his classmates had pushed in their chairs, and he was the only one left in the classroom in the middle of a fire drill.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

A Ryanair flight from London to Spain’s capital Madrid—a hotbed of culture and cuisine—in the middle of August, for example, is currently priced at $28.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

“As we have been writing for the better part of two months, it is clear that labor market conditions have improved substantially since the middle of 2025,” he wrote Thursday.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

In the middle of an otherwise routine article of jocular sportswriter predictions on The Athletic, Canadian journalist Joshua Kloke explained why he’s bringing his seven-year-old son to a match this year.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

“I know you work at the telephone company. Your neighbor said you left sometimes in the middle of the night. Have you been leaving in the middle of the night to contact me?”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse