How to Use in-between in a Sentence

in-between

1 of 2 adjective or noun
  • The ups and downs and in-between!
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Most of us live in that in-between area.
    — Shannon Carlin, Time, 6 May 2026
  • But then is the in-between woman her own man?
    — Weike Wang, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • You are allowed to rest in the in-between.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Those next couple of weeks felt like a strange in-between.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The in-between woman has no idea.
    — Weike Wang, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • There are a lot of in-between notes — grace notes and movement.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Feb. 2026
  • A lot are somewhere in-between.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Shop for a new car coat to add to your wardrobe for that in-between weather.
    — Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Adios to informal nights–the in-between dress mode.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Being in the in-between, then, is our wheelhouse.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Those in-between-life moments can lead to breakthroughs.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Just kind of in-between on everything.
    — Field Level Media, Reuters, 13 Aug. 2025
  • This is in-between the commercial breaks.
    — Jane Pauley, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • And there will surely be a cascade of tears and terrors in-between.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Those in-between moments tend to stick more than a flawless plate ever will.
    — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The Fridays in-between will be open as a standard art gallery.
    — Joseph Hernandez march 5, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
  • So, what does that mean for mortgage rates in the in-between period?
    — Aly J Yale, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • All meals—and in-between snacks—at the Inn are included in your stay.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2026
  • But the in-between woman sees a smidge of what’s happening.
    — Weike Wang, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • And indeed, in-between the shiny sales pitches came little glimpses of self-own.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026
  • March is the in-between time for museums and galleries.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2026
  • This soft, face-framing texture is key to the in-between cut's appeal.
    — Grace McCarty, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The in-between woman enters last.
    — Weike Wang, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Finding the in-between to not be too loose is an interesting line to walk.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
  • The in-between woman wonders about half-on smoothies.
    — Weike Wang, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • So, down the in-between woman lies in her own towel-human sandwich.
    — Weike Wang, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • You aren’t staying confined and that’s the idea of the club as a liminal or in-between space.
    — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Spring and fall are those in-between months when flights cost less, hotel rates ease and the scenery often feels its most vibrant.
    — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Not stark white, not buttery beige, but that just-right in-between that reads instantly polished.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026

in between

2 of 2 adverb or preposition
  • But there are still years in between.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
  • There is not enough to lean on in between.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The van then crashed in between two homes.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Gwen chopped all her hair off in between movies.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
  • But the game is played in between the four lines.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The gap in between is where trust goes to die.
    — David Flower, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • There’s progress from the skies to ocean depths – and in between.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2022
  • A lot of days that are somewhere in between the two.
    — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • What happens in between is up to you.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Just true or false, with no wiggle room in between.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 June 2026
  • So there’s going to be rest in between.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • What happens in between the gates is the dance.
    — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
  • What about the area in between, the yellow light?
    — Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
  • This wasn’t a night for talking in between songs.
    — Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2026
  • But what happens to us in between?
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Then, there are the few players in between.
    — Scott Powers, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • And all kinds of people in between.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Want to know what happens in between?
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The person then finds the dog wedged in between a hutch and the wall.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026
  • There has been very little in between.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 14 May 2026
  • This also works well in between cooks.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
  • So that left and right are heard, and every point of view in between.
    — Joshua M. Davidson, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026
  • There’s truth to them both and in between, but not a whole truth in either.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2022
  • The two games were spread out with 2 1/2 hours in between.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The rest fell somewhere in between.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Chants broke out in between remarks.
    — Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • And she's got a few more New York games in between.
    — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
  • Use them as filler in between full-sized plants and at the front of the planter to catch the eye.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, most people have hair on their butt cheeks, in between them, or both.
    — Yerin Kim, Seventeen, 23 Jan. 2020
  • One clean sheet, with a glove change in between, for each item, each piece of clothing.
    — Jay Kirk, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023

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