mongst
preposition
mongst
American
[muhngst]
/ mʌŋst /
Or
'mongst
preposition
'mongst
British
/ mʌŋst /
preposition
Etymology
Origin of mongst
Aphetic variant of amongst
Example Sentences
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Possible That mongst these desert unfrequented rocks Thou can imadgine such a thing can be As that which you call safety?
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
Thou hast incur'd the danger of the lawe And thou mongst them must suffer punishment, Unlesse thou do confesse it presentlie.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
Lies then thy wife Alcestis mongst the dead?
From Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy by Moulton, Richard Green
Goe to and goe to; tis better venter quarriling mongst those hogesheads.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
My fortune was, mongst manie others moe, To be partaker of their common woe; And my weake bodie, set on fire with griefe, 15 Was rob'd of rest and naturall reliefe.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Spenser, Edmund
XTC's arrangements are intricate, almost to the point of baroque if you like, and they play 'em with a precision quite unprecedented 'mongst punks.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2013
I ain’t sure which group I was ’mongst ’cause the fearing in me was too strong.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
It ain’t being fragile when I say that I was ’mongst the screamers.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
I saw two heads peeking out from ’mongst the green behind the maple ’bout fifty yards off.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
There wasn’t one happy face ’mongst the whole boodle of’em and all their ’tention was pointed in the di-rection of the car we was in.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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