in me·di·as res in-ˈme-dē-əs-ˈrās -ˈmē-dē-əs-ˈrēz
: in or into the middle of a narrative or plot
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe in medias res opening at the Kabul airport imposes a sense of inevitability on the documentary. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2022 Economical as always, the Dardennes kick off the story almost in medias res, with a lot of drama already done, dusted and absorbed into the characters’ background. Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2022 This poem by Lyudmyla Khersonsky begins in medias res with a dead body rather than the death itself, followed by a pile of urgent questions.New York Times, 20 May 2022 The film opens in medias res, with lifelong best friends Kevin (Abbott) and Val (Carmichael) about to shoot each other in the head outside of a strip club at 10 in the morning. Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2022 The new Kurt Vile album begins, like many great yarns, in medias res. Simon Vozick-levinson, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2022 Douglas-Fairhurst’s biography, stuffed with a curiosity shop’s worth of literary gossip and Victoriana, begins with the author in medias res. Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2022 The technique, which later won Dubochet and his collaborators a Nobel Prize, transforms water molecules into glasslike ice, in effect stopping life in medias res. James Somers, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022 The book begins in medias res, tossing the reader into the postwar mêlée of a rapidly shapeshifting New York. Jamie Hood, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2021 See More