midsentence
Part of speech: adj
adv
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Germanic *midjaz
Proto-West Germanic *midi
Old English midd
Middle English mid
English mid
English mid-
English sentence
English midsentence
From mid- + sentence.
Inflected forms:
form: mid-sentence
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: mid-sentence
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: mid-sentence
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Occurring in the middle of a sentence.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In neither case was there an effect on comprehension as measured by the subjects’ free recall. Subjects recalled as much with midsentence interruptions as with end-of-sentence interruptions as with no interruptions at all.
Instead of pausing after each sentence, Dr. King stopped briefly after each refrain of “Let freedom ring,” building intensity and creating the musical effect of a crescendo. His midsentence pauses emphasized the repeating pattern in his examples and let the audience know what to expect next.
Paul carefully safeguards the priority of divine initiative over human efforts to come into relationship with God. Perhaps the most striking illustration of this is his midsentence self-correction in 4:9: “Now, however, that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God . . .”
“You again,” Karp growled. He gestured to Guma, making hand signals to get a trace going on the call. Guma quit his midsentence comeback aimed at Stupenagel and hurried from the room.
“Mr. Borovsky only makes deals through his—” Ovechkin broke off. Quinn’s brow lowered, puzzled by his midsentence stoppage.
gloss: In the middle of a sentence.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: “At least I believe in something! You’re nothing but a typical godless American with no values and . . .” Chad interrupted midsentence: “You don’t like the way I am?[…]”
With Juju Jackson there was never a warning or an explanation. Jackson could pull a gun or a knife, shoot and maim someone midsentence during a conversation that seemed perfectly reasonable, even pleasant.
Stop someone midsentence if he or she is in your presence or write if he or she is not. These throwaway lines about age are detrimental and damaging.
gloss: The middle of a sentence.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: I was cut off in mid-sentence
I mean this man starts his day with both feet moving, without a dab of anxiety, with him saying, “Okay, ready!” He can fall asleep in midsentence, in his midsentence, and then go without a toss or a tumble or a single concern for the next seven hours.
He talked into the receiver. “Sure, I read all about it this morning. I wondered whether—” As he spoke, he reached out and pushed down on the button, breaking the connection in his midsentence.
But the narrative broke off in midsentence.
Chief Justice Rehnquist was famous for cutting off lawyers in midsentence, even midsyllable, as soon as the red light on the lectern came on to signal that time was up.
Gerbert de Montreuil picks up in the midsentence of the Second Continuation, and Manessier writes the Third Continuation.
He died, in the midsentence of his life, as these books were being published.
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