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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While the old folk were working the larger young uns mongst the children would take care of the little ones.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
But mongst them all which did Loves honor rayse, No word was heard of her that most it ought; But she his precept proudly disobayes, And doth his ydle message set at nought.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Edmund Spenser
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 A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
Lies then thy wife Alcestis mongst the dead?
From Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy by Richard Green Moulton
So there thou livest, singing evermore, And here thou livest, being ever song Of us, which living loved thee afore, And now thee worship mongst that blessed throng 340 Of heavenlie poets and heroës strong.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Edmund Spenser
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
Something tall and white and ghostish, like a giant haint, came walking slow out from ’mongst the trees.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Then, if the new-free folks say they want to live in the Settlement, everyone decides where they’ll stay till they get their own place and get comforted ’bout being ’mongst us.
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
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
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