middling

Example Sentences

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But then, what does such recognition mean in an industry where original storytelling and concepts are diminished or obscured by mountains of middling?

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Colonel Parker, Elvis’s manager, kept his cash cow on a leash, tethering him first to middling B-pictures, then to casinos.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

January 2026 has seen a somewhat middling window.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza was a middling starter at Cal before Indiana turned him into the Heisman winner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

It was good eating; but I’d had my appetite whetted for fried middling meat to go with it.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson