How to Use happy medium in a Sentence

happy medium

noun
  • What does that happy medium look like?
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Or maybe there’s a happy medium.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • The cutter might turn out to be a happy medium.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Think of the style as the happy medium between roomy and rangy.
    — Michael Loré, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Nomad has aimed to find the happy medium.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The three-star reviews are the happy medium.
    — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
  • For many, hybrid work is the happy medium.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Aim for a warm shower with warm water to reach a happy medium.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Aim for a warm shower with warm water to reach a happy medium.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Look for a happy medium in a boot that's sturdy but not overly heavy.
    — Casey Clark, Parents, 1 June 2024
  • There's a happy medium for the Bucks to pursue, though.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • But just as the two seem to find a happy medium, an alive-and-well Jamie storms into their home.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
  • And Fletcher is sort of a happy medium between the two.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This Allbirds pair is a happy medium between high-tops and low-tops.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Paredes may be the happy medium that so many have been searching for in modern baseball.
    — Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Instead, look into a happy medium and set some goals that feel like miniature versions of your big goal.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2023
  • Pastels provide a happy medium between pure white and full-on color.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Wilson never clicked with Payton, could not find a happy medium.
    — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2024
  • There is a happy medium, however.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
  • This is a couple in search of a happy medium and failing to find it, possibly because there’s no such thing.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The consistency is a happy medium of thick, but not too thick, and quickly absorbs!
    — Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 26 June 2024
  • Some of my guys play kind of boppy, and some guys play modernist, and some guys play more swing-oriented, so this is a happy medium.
    — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The mid-rise waist hugs the waist with a slightly stretchy fit, and is a great happy medium for anyone who wants a pair of pants that are neither high nor low-rise.
    — Erika Reals, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • There’s a happy medium there where analytics and old-school meet that's probably the perfect sweet spot.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Think of the Charlee on Cannon as a happy medium between an Airbnb and hotel suite.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2026
  • With unpredictable weather on the horizon, the barn jacket is a happy medium between light jackets and heavy coats.
    — India Roby, Glamour, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Now, she’s found a glossy and healthy-looking happy medium, one that’s easily pinned up without too much weight but still looks full-bodied and luscious.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Perhaps the latest office lease-data shows that the future of work is probably the happy medium of hybrid.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Straight fits are proving to be the happy medium for consumers that want a jean that feels sophisticated and comfortable.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Morris intervenes both too little and too much, but the movie somehow still hits a sweet spot in the happy medium of those antipodal failings.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2023

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