How to Use Midwestern in a Sentence

Midwestern

adjective
  • And in true Midwestern fashion, that’s what our state has done.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • Residents in Midwestern states are the next most likely to be hospitalized due to tick bites.
    — Dan Simms, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • One such restaurant is Rye, the Garrelts’ homage to Midwestern foods from their childhoods.
    — Carinne Geil Botta, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • There is often a Midwestern bent to Sorge’s recipes, proper for someone whose home base is Chicago.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 25 June 2026
  • Many are here from Omaha, Des Moines and surrounding Midwestern cities.
    — Jenna Thompson june 24, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026
  • Marketing manager Chloe Lane said the concept is meant to be a nod to vintage, Midwestern summers.
    — Jenna Thompson june 26, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
  • Midwestern talent such as Anita Baker and Aretha Franklin all came through Baker's doors.
    — Terell Bailey, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • Expect hearty Midwestern classics, friendly service, and sunsets that inspire.
    — Katherine Lawless, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
  • For the last three weeks, Lawrence has aimed to wrap the team and its fans in Midwestern warmth, hoisting the nation’s flag into the windows of countless shops, bars and restaurants.
    — Emily Harter, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
  • Summer is the prime time for severe storms, including hurricanes on the east and west coasts and tornadoes in the Southern and Midwestern states.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
  • Ye’s return to Soldier Field will likely be an emotional one, as he was raised in the Midwestern city and much of his music is a love letter to Chicago.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 15 June 2026
  • Set in one blistering Midwestern small town summer, everything changes in Mina’s friend group when her best friend unexpectedly kisses her at a sleepover.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 20 June 2026
  • The Midwestern supper club ritual hasn’t changed, bringing guests together for long, unhurried evenings of dining and entertaining.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
  • Turn toward ‘Communion’ Southern Ohio, where Vance grew up and converted to Catholicism, is deeply Midwestern.
    — Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
  • Founded in 1847 by immigrants seeking religious freedom, Pella still feels like a small slice of the Netherlands on Midwestern soil.
    — Staff, USA Today, 8 June 2026
  • Betting almost $200 million, in fact, that hosting the World Cup will transform this Midwestern hub into a global tourist destination.
    — Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
  • The heat wave is also bearing down on several other major Midwestern cities, including Des Moines, Detroit, and Columbus.
    — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • All of the Chicago area and Northwest Indiana have been upgraded to an Extreme Heat Warning through Thursday amid a Midwestern heat wave.
    — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Also contaminated are fish, staples of Midwestern fish fries and fish boils, and an important part of the diet of Indigenous tribes, certain immigrant populations and communities of color.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
  • Other Midwestern communities have not reported fatalities, but sustained serious damage.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 12 June 2026
  • Directed by Michael Patrick Jann, this mockumentary is an outlandish mashup of sugary Midwestern femininity and homicidal rage, where nothing — nothing — is more important than winning.
    — Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
  • By the mid-20th century, Eder Flag had become a Midwestern success story—built on manufacturing, craftsmanship, and family ownership.
    — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 26 June 2026
  • Industrial additive manufacturing is entering the commercial nuclear power sector through a new production agreement between two Midwestern companies.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
  • The Department of the Interior said in a statement that Invenergy will use those funds to develop natural gas power plants in five Midwestern states and geothermal projects in the Western United States.
    — Reuters, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • That weekend the semifinal and championship games drew a total of 142,831 attendees, increasing the Midwestern capital’s population by 15% virtually overnight.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 June 2026
  • The rock treasures here range from the Andy Warhol Factory (Nico’s 1967 Chelsea Girls) to Midwestern quarries (Slint’s 1991 Spiderland).
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2026
  • All eight club tracks follow the same basic template, one cribbed from Midwestern producers like Boo Williams and Paul Johnson, as well as early, ravey Daft Punk and, in particular, the take-no-prisoners cutups of Germany’s Soundhack.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • Debra Shore, a former administrator of the EPA’s Midwestern office who lives part time in Michigan City, said the federal proposal could create inconsistent protections throughout the Great Lakes — notably neighboring states like Indiana and Illinois.
    — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026

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