MIDWAY in a Sentence

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16 example sentences for MIDWAY, such as:

1. Leeds is midway between London and Edinburgh.
2. The goal was scored midway through the first half.
3. It was nearly midway between the oak and the house.
4. We were to meet at the pool midway between our houses to talk it over.
5. With such words they sealed mutual treaty midway in sight of the princes.

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 Meanings and Examples of MIDWAY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
midway
 ad.  at half the distance; half the distance between two places
Classic Sentence:
1  We were to meet at the pool midway between our houses to talk it over.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
2  It was nearly midway between the oak and the house.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
3  It was equally conceivable that he had shot her and then himself, or that she had been the criminal, for the revolver lay upon the floor midway between them.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
4  I found a groove ripped in it, about midway between the pedestal of the sphinx and the marks of my feet where, on arrival, I had struggled with the overturned machine.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In V
5  Yet midway my hope is, if righteous gods can do aught at all, thou wilt drain the cup of vengeance on the rocks, and re-echo calls on Dido's name.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FOURTH
6  But Lycus, far fleeter of foot, holds by the walls in flight midway among foes and arms, and strives to catch the coping in his grasp and reach the hands of his comrades.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK NINTH
7  So speaks he, and rises high on his uplifted sword; the steel severs the forehead midway right between the temples, and divides the beardless cheeks with ghastly wound.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK NINTH
8  With such words they sealed mutual treaty midway in sight of the princes.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK TWELFTH
9  He went to the Luxembourg again, but he did not proceed further than his bench midway of the alley.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER V—DIVRS CLAPS OF THUNDER FALL ON MA'AM BOUGON
10  These two years rise like two mountains midway between those which precede and those which follow them.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WELL CUT
11  The majority of them, when talking freely, did justice to this king who stood midway between monarchy and revolution; no one hated him.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE N...
12  Hastily snatching up the lighted candle, I hurried to the staircase; about midway a body was lying quite across the stairs.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 45. The Rain of Blood.
13  When the dish was empty and Gerald only midway in his remarks on the thievishness of Yankees who wanted to free darkies and yet offered no penny to pay for their freedom, Ellen rose.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
14  When he was midway through his dinner I asked him to give me the money to go to the bazaar.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In ARABY
Example Sentence:
1  Leeds is midway between London and Edinburgh.
2  The goal was scored midway through the first half.