Amid

Examples

• They had risen to their feet, and were standing looking at that solemn altar, so noble in its hugeness amid the encircling green. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• On high, amid all this grotesqueness, sits the departed doge. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Then, amid cheers of encouragement from the immense throng that was watching, he turned sharply past the starting-tower and flew between the flags that marked the starting-line. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Then the boy stepped into the pilot house, touched a button and the boat sank amid swirling waters toward the bottom of the shaft. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• And amid the noise of merriment from below they descended. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Socrates proceeds: But where amid all this is justice? Plato. The Republic.
• This is considered as a privileged place, and stands like the land of Goshen amid the plagues of Egypt. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Tradition has preserved some wild strophes of the barbarous hymn which she chanted wildly amid that scene of fire and of slaughter:-- 1. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The only absolute certainty about him was that he would not stand still in the circumstances amid which he was born. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Suddenly, as I looked ahead, the gleam of metal caught my eye from amid the thick gorse-bushes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Amid the droning of the wind there had come the stamping of a horse's hoofs, and the long grind of a wheel as it rasped against the curb. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Maurice and Justinian were thrown to the ground, and high above, amid the encircling peaks, shot up a mighty column of smoke, streaked with red fire. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Yeobright walked on amid this quiet scene with a hope that all would soon be well. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Gerald had followed in wonder, amid all the booing, not having caught her misdeed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• From amid the branches there jutted out the grey gables and high roof-tree of a very old mansion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Amid brilliant tropical plants brilliant plumage may afford means of concealment, as well as being a factor in the securing of mates. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• It was amid such sounds that I had first courted the incomparable Dejah Thoris in the age-old marble halls of the dead city of Korad. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• At this moment, the barricade fell down with a crash, amid a sudden shower of sparks and rolling vapors. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The rain pours; Gardes-du-Corps go caracoling through the groups 'amid hisses'; irritating and agitating what is but dispersed here to reunite there. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• To an eye above them their two faces would have appeared amid the expanse like two pearls on a table of ebony. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Will not a young man's heart leap amid these discordant sounds? Plato. The Republic.
• And yet this John Openshaw seems to me to be walking amid even greater perils than did the Sholtos. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• You may advise me how to walk amid the dangers which encompass me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Amid these jarring events Yeobright felt one thing to be indispensable--that he should speedily make some show of progress in his scholastic plans. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• His art enables him to give a spiritual appearance to one or more of his figures, and to exhibit them as 'thin air,' amid the solid realities of the stereoscopic picture. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Her calm pale face, with dim, wide-opened blue eyes, looked upward from amid a great tangle of golden hair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• But amid the circumstances of Eustacia's life it was as wonderful as a dream could be. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It's a useful thing to have in the house in case of fire or thieves, observed Laurie, as a watchman's rattle appeared, amid the laughter of the girls. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Amid great excitement Speyer, the banker, went crazy and it took five men to hold him; and everybody lost their head. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Suddenly, amid all the hubbub of the gale, there burst forth the wild scream of a terrified woman. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

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