How to Use middle distance in a Sentence
middle distance
noun- As I looked out over the water, a small boat appeared in the middle distance.
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Duka was a middle distance runner then.
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Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2026
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To just staring into the middle distance.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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That’s enough money to make even luxury truck buyers pause and stare thoughtfully into the middle distance.
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New Atlas,
27 May 2026
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Where Hansen-Løve cleaves closely to her characters, Schanelec takes a step back, filming in long and middle distance shots.
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Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2026
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James is staring into the middle distance while Luka pounds the air out of the Spalding for twenty seconds per possession.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Ugandan middle distance runner Docus Ajok dreamed of being an Olympic champion.
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Amy Woodyatt,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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Rendered with a deep blue backdrop and whorls of soft spring colors, La femme finds Lopez staring peaceably into the middle distance, holding a bouquet of flowers.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
21 Apr. 2026
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Whitney is gazing into the middle distance, contemplating a runner on a Lithuanian passport, when Ferdinand blows the world of season four apart.
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Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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In the middle distance is a human settlement, then a band of golden grasslands, then the arid lower slopes of the Cordilleras, and finally the snowy peaks, including the grand dome of Chimborazo.
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Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Former Kansas track and field middle distance runner Bryce Hoppel has qualified for the World Track and Field Championships for the fourth time.
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Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
4 Aug. 2025
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What Jaafar does amounts to an elaborate impression instead of an interpretation, re-creating the voice and the famous choreography and otherwise staring blankly into the middle distance when called upon to transmit emotions.
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Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
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