How to Use middle ground in a Sentence

middle ground

noun
  • The judge of the case chose a middle ground between harshness and leniency.
  • Both sides in this debate need to do more to establish some middle ground.
  • There is no middle ground here.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • There is a middle ground - find it.
    — Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe there is a middle ground.
    — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • But don't get used to the middle ground.
    — Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • So the club looked to find the middle ground.
    — Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
  • What any coach should seek is a middle ground.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Both can be true, and that messy middle ground is life.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • But candy with fiber sits in a tricky middle ground.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
  • Is there room for any middle ground at all among the Democrats?
    — Fox News, 11 Mar. 2018
  • Finding this middle ground would not be an easy task.
    — Zack Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The judge asked them to keep trying to find some middle ground.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • These earbuds give me a nice middle ground.
    — Ayana Underwood, Outside, 9 Dec. 2025
  • If most of these feel like you, welcome to the middle ground.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe that common theme could have been used to find more middle ground.
    — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • And those on both sides of the issue say there may be no middle ground.
    — Amy Schoenfeld Walker, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2023
  • There is no tenable middle ground here.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • This young man is going to have to do more than try to plow middle ground.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 17 Jan. 2020
  • There is simply no middle ground.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Others tried to find middle ground.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
  • For those who need to put some miles on their soles, look for a boot that finds some middle ground.
    — Outdoor Life, 16 Mar. 2021
  • The size hits a nice middle ground—not too bulky, but roomy enough for full routines.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2026
  • What does the middle ground look like in a place like Missouri?
    — NBC News, 5 Sep. 2021
  • The efforts to find a middle ground had been playing out for weeks.
    — Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly, CNN, 1 Nov. 2021
  • By now, the debate has more or less eased into a middle ground.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2023
  • So these four guys and their teams have 18 days to find a middle ground on a deal.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 28 June 2018
  • That middle ground is where intuition seems to fit best right now.
    — William Jones january 21, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
  • So did the fact that the venue became a middle ground between two states.
    — al, 17 Nov. 2019
  • Breaking out of mom mode is about finding a middle ground.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 27 Jan. 2026

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