midst
the location of something surrounded by other things
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,371 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 13,421 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the location of something surrounded by other things also: thick in the midst of the crowd
midst in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He found himself, for instance, in the midst of a vast space laid out in squares.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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In the midst of schemes and hopes which the lust of gold now pervaded came a thunderbolt.
Lucretia — Volume 06 · Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · Chapter 1
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The Blackburn place was in the midst of an arid thicket of stunted pines, oaks, and cedars.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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It was horrible--the man dying by slow torture in the midst of smoke from his own burning flesh.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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In this disordered room, in the midst of these excited people, that word, the “police,” sounded like a thunderclap.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1