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219 example sentences for AMID, such as:
1. They fought hand to hand amid the trees.
2. At times, amid his convict toil, he paused.
3. The trial took place amid a blaze of publicity.
4. They saw a column still vertical amid the ruins.
5. Their marriage took place amid a blaze of publicity.
2. At times, amid his convict toil, he paused.
3. The trial took place amid a blaze of publicity.
4. They saw a column still vertical amid the ruins.
5. Their marriage took place amid a blaze of publicity.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of AMID
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amid
prep. surrounded by;
Classic Sentence: (205 in 14 pages)
1 It is probable that he, also, was disentangling from amid the vague ideas of a poor man, ignorant of everything, something excessive.
2 At times, amid his convict toil, he paused.
3 He witnesses, amid his death-pangs, the immense madness of the sea.
4 This time a badly oiled hinge suddenly emitted amid the silence a hoarse and prolonged cry.
5 One overflows with serenity, with gayety, with ecstasy; one is a radiance amid the night.
6 One day the sisters heard her say amid her fever: "I have been a sinner; but when I have my child beside me, it will be a sign that God has pardoned me."
7 They fought hand to hand amid the trees.
8 Each historian traces, to some extent, the particular feature which pleases him amid this pell-mell.
9 Several squares of the Guard, motionless amid this stream of the defeat, as rocks in running water, held their own until night.
10 A being resembling a man was walking amid the bell-glasses of the melon beds, rising, stooping, halting, with regular movements, as though he were dragging or spreading out something on the ground.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII—THE ENIGMA BECOMES DOUBLY MYSTERIOUS
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII—THE ENIGMA BECOMES DOUBLY MYSTERIOUS
11 Radiant faces, white foreheads, innocent eyes, full of merry light, all sorts of auroras, were scattered about amid these shadows.
12 He goes to the spectacles which God furnishes gratis; he gazes at the sky, space, the stars, flowers, children, the humanity among which he is suffering, the creation amid which he beams.
13 At midday, a thousand white butterflies took refuge there, and it was a divine spectacle to see that living summer snow whirling about there in flakes amid the shade.
14 A few constellations here and there in the deep, pale azure, the earth all black, the heavens all white, a quiver amid the blades of grass, everywhere the mysterious chill of twilight.
15 The storm increased in violence, and the heavy downpour beat upon the back of the colossus amid claps of thunder.
Example Sentence:
1 The little boy felt strange amid so many adult people.
2 The trial took place amid a blaze of publicity.
3 The dollar has fallen in value amid rumors of weakness in the US economy.
4 Several employees were suspended amid allegations that financial improprieties had been committed.
5 Their marriage took place amid a blaze of publicity.
6 Go placidly, amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
7 A senior leader cancelled a trip to Britain yesterday amid growing signs of a possible political crisis.
8 He and other leaders are more optimistic than eight years ago, when Easley's began his term amid a recession.
9 They saw a column still vertical amid the ruins.
10 The economic relationship between the two nations has expanded during the past decade amid China's economic boom and Argentina's rise in agrarian production.
11 In fancy, the voluptuous votary of fashion sees herself amid the festive throng, 'the observed of all observers.'
12 Aircraft carrying ballot boxes were shot at amid allegations of corruption and vote rigging.
13 The latest members of the world's most exclusive club, the Nobel laureates, will be announced this week, in a year with more than usual certainty that amid the smiles and champagne will be acrimony and regret.
14 Support for the monarchy has declined during the investigation amid a broader institutional crisis in the country, while the King's deteriorating health has fuelled calls for his abdication.