in the midst
Idioms-
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]
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See in the middle of , def. 1.
Example Sentences
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“The Catcher in the Rye” is a text that is flatly impossible to decouple from its author: A book about trauma written in the midst of trauma by a traumatized man.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
The United States is in the midst of its worst measles outbreak in 35 years, according to official figures released Friday, amid a serious uptick in cases as vaccine hesitancy grows.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
And he grew up in the midst of a brutal war between the Greens and the Blacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Such back-to-back financings have become more commonplace in Silicon Valley in the midst of the AI boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
I was still a little suspicious sitting here in the midst of all these trolls who kept saying that I smelled.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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