in the midst

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Also, in one's midst. Surrounded by, among, as in I saw a familiar face in the midst of the crowd, or To think there was a Nobel Prize winner in our midst! [c. 1500s]

See in the middle of, def. 1.

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Words nearby in the midst

in the lurch, in the main, in the making, in the market for, in the middle of, in the midst, in the money, in the mood, in the mouth, in the name of, in the near future

How to use in the midst in a sentence

But the greater number went forward until they came to Steam-mist-in-the-midst-of-waters.
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest|Katharine Berry Judson
Again the world rumbled, and they travelled into a country to a place called Where-tree-boles-stand-in-the-midst-of-waters.
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest|Katharine Berry Judson