ADJECTIVE
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being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
the middle point on a line
in a mediate position
adolescence is an awkward in-between age
How To Use in-between In A Sentence
- At her suggestion, I'm to not spend anymore than 20 minutes at a time on my feet and I should be taking 20 minute breaks in-between walking around.
- Also the state in-between sleeping and waking is NOT the hypnagogic state but the hypnopompic state.
- Katherine desired to have them pushing together like bookends with the women in-between as the books.
- The thorny verdancy of geranium, the rootiness of vetiver, the dirtiness of patchouli, the rich sharpness of oak moss are tamed and softened by the mouthwatering vanilla and citruses coated in cinnamon sugar...the rose is caught in-between the two streams, benefiting from both, wild and delicate, green and honeyed, spicy and silky-smooth all at once. Archive 2009-05-01
- In contradiction to the usual concept of poetry as dense and academic, complexly layered with meaning and allusion, McGarragle is hoping to hook audiences with ‘in-between’ poetry.
- You've got to accentuate the hortative, eliminate pejoratives, latch on to the deprecative, and don't mess with Mr. In-Between. Languagehat.com: GO TO, THOU ART A FOOLISH FELLOW.
- The next morning, chalkboards and desks reappear right where teachers left them, but for a few brief in-between hours, anything can happen.
- But it's at an in-between stage now. The Sun
- Wouldn't it be helpful to have an in-between stage in which leadership abilities can be tested? Christianity Today
- When competing for the much sought-after status of an in-betweener, those rose petals and horse's hoof close-ups are material evidence. Times, Sunday Times
