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  • adjective Occurring in the middle of a sentence.

Etymologies

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mid- +‎ sentence.

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Examples

  • "My favorite," Mr. Duncan said, "is when someone is in midsentence and they drop a stitch."

    Men With Yarns to Tell Ralph Gardner 2010

  • Hideous feedback alternated with thunderous explosions each time a word began with P. Microphones came on in midsentence or while the actors were still offstage discussing homework.

    May 2005 2005

  • Galina started waving her arms, stopped speaking in midsentence, picked up again, stopped—meanwhile I was doing my jumps the only way I knew how as she became angrier.

    Welcome to My World Johnny Weir 2011

  • When our mother, a nun of the Diocesan Carmelite Order of Madras, unexpectedly went into labor that September morning, the big rain in Ethiopia had ended, its rattle on the corrugated tin roofs of Missing ceasing abruptly like a chatterbox cut off in midsentence.

    Excerpt: Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese 2009

  • “Then you know—” She stopped in midsentence, briefly horrified to discover he had known how crazy she had been about him.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • Spock halted his words in midsentence as he saw the companel screen wink to life.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • Also, in writing that extra bit so that I can stop in midsentence, I often squeeze more words out than I thought I had in me that day.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview with Kristina Riggle, part 1 2009

  • Claire looked up and smiled at Gene and Alice, stopped talking to Ross in midsentence.

    So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011

  • Speaking in a halting manner, punctuated by 15-second midsentence breaks during which he stood silently, the 55-year-old man told the court that his lawyers couldn't understand his proposed defense and that only if he argued the case himself would the court reach "true justice and true truth."

    Polygamist Leader Fires Lawyers, Takes on Own Case Russell Gold 2011

  • Sandy, who was still peeved, corrected Kilmer in midsentence.

    The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011

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