in the midst

1. 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]

2. See in the middle of , def. 1.

Example Sentences

But the greater number went forward until they came to Steam-mist-in-the-midst-of-waters.

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Again the world rumbled, and they travelled into a country to a place called Where-tree-boles-stand-in-the-midst-of-waters.

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