smack-dab
Example Sentences
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The farm we lived on was called Cherokee land because it was smack dab in the middle of the Cherokee Nation.
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For the last few days, smack dab in the middle of his long-awaited breakthrough at USC, Arenas was sick.
From Los Angeles Times
There was no chance of seeing an ocean in Sassafras Springs, which is set smack dab in the center of the country.
From Literature
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He wasn’t on the ground no more—he was flying high, smack dab in the middle of a cyclone!
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Already in her still relatively short career, Elle Fanning has managed to position herself smack dab in the center of these two polarities, the perfect combination of classic Hollywood and new age celebrity.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.