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Definition of "mid-nineties" [mid-nineties]

  • The time of life between 90 and 100. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "mid-nineties" in a sentence
  • "Cvejic came to the United States in the mid-nineties, leaving the turmoil that was tearing apart the Balkans during the region's brutal civil war."
  • "Jamie sticks vanilla seeds in his jam, which only adds to its slightly sickly character, and Nigella pops in a teaspoon of balsamic vinegar for that authentic mid-nineties feel – although balsamic goes well with strawberries, I prefer my strawberry jam to have a fresher flavour."
  • "And in the last 20 years there were two such no-fly zones – one over Bosnia for two years in the mid-nineties and one over northern and southern Iraq spanning from 1991 to 2003."
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