strike a medium
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] in references, where the consent of the parties leave the referees entire masters of the subject, they commonly discover so much equity and justice on both sides, as induces them to strike a medium, and divide the difference betwixt the parties."
- "The telephone, as a conveyor of unwelcome messages, strikes a medium between the letter by mail and the face-to-face interview."
- "We must compromise as to the heating of the tent. He would keep it hot, I cold, and either’s comfort is the other’s pneumonia. We strike a medium, and he shivers outside his bag, while I swelter in mine;"