AMONG in a Sentence

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414 example sentences for AMONG, such as:
1. Mary is popular among the students.
2. Ice cream is popular among children.
3. I felt very inferior among all those academics.
4. The relief agency distributed food among the poor.
5. When the belly is full the mind is among the maids.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of AMONG
among
 prep.  situated between other things; being member of larger set;
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Here and there a farmhouse stood far back among the fields, mute and cold as a grave-stone.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  Zeena answered in her every-day tone and, warming to the theme, regaled them with several vivid descriptions of intestinal disturbances among her friends and relatives.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  As he raised himself he suddenly felt Mattie close to him among the shadows.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
4  Rather, it was Gerald's compact smallness that made him what he was, for he had learned early that little people must be hardy to survive among large ones.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
5  Had Gerald been brawny, he would have gone the way of the other O'Haras and moved quietly and darkly among the rebels against the government.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
6  Upon the wooded hills above the river, the dogwood blossoms lay glistening and white, as if snow still lingered among the greenery.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
7  The furore she was causing among the men, coupled with the heart burnings of the other girls, would have pleased her enormously at any other time.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  Her eyes searched the group but Ashley was not among them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
9  Ladies, there will pass among you two of our gallant wounded, with baskets and-- But the rest of his speech was lost in the storm and tumult of clapping hands and cheering voices.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
10  I know the gentle rivalry to lead the reels very well and so-- The doctor mopped his brow and cast a quizzical glance at the corner, where his wife sat among the chaperons.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  They don't need me among their number, either to brighten the record of patriotism or to increase the roll of paupers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
12  There were such a lot of foolish things about life among nice people.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
13  She had lived too long among people who dissembled politely not to feel disturbed at hearing her own thoughts put into words.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
14  You'd still be the broken-hearted widow of Charles Hamilton and famed for your good deeds among the wounded.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
15  At these words a hum rose among those near enough to hear his remark, and the crowd surged, ready to turn and run down Whitehall Street toward headquarters.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
Example Sentence: (204 in 14 pages)
1  Fights among rival gangs account for most murders in the city.
2  Exogamy remains much less prevalent among African Americans.
3  A lion's head was among the trophies of his African trip.
4  The relief agency will distribute the food among several countries.
5  The relief agency distributed food among the poor.
6  Wishing you a birthday that is among your very best.
7  Although he is known to only a few, his reputation among them is very great.
8  When the belly is full the mind is among the maids.
9  The use of horses for ploughing still prevails among the poorer farmers.
10  I felt very inferior among all those academics.
11  She alleged that there was rampant drug use among the male members of the group.
12  The situation raises important questions about solidarity among member states of the UN.
13  We must weed out the yellow flowers among the onions as soon as possible.
14  Mary is popular among the students.
15  Ice cream is popular among children.