smack-dab
Example Sentences
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For a movie theater this spectacular to exist smack dab in the middle of one of the least populous American states — all of North Dakota has less than one-tenth the population of New York City — defies all logic.
From Salon
It’s smack dab in the middle of the migration routes for the Round Valley and Casa Diablo herds, according to a recent study.
From Los Angeles Times
How a squirrel ended up smack dab in the middle of the dance floor was unknown.
From Literature
“We don’t want to live in fear, so we make ourselves useful working for organizations that move the scale away from fear and put us smack dab in the middle of love.”
From Los Angeles Times
Films like “All of Us Strangers,” “Happiest Season” and “Of an Age” have attempted to depict the stomach-twisting anxiety of being queer and finding yourself smack dab in the place you tried so hard to get out of, and to varying success.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.