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IN THE MIDST
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The middle or central part or point
Example:
could he walk out in the midst of his piece?
Synonyms:
in the midst; midmost
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Context examples:
This decision checked Mary's eagerness, and stopped her short in the midst of the Elliot countenance.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
In the midst of all this the lamp still cast a smoky glow, obscure and brown as umber.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Even in the midst of his late infatuation, he had acknowledged Fanny's mental superiority.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Ah! said they, what does the great warrior want here in the midst of peace?
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
In the midst of it the Prince took his departure, which was the signal for the greater part of the company to make for the door.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In the midst of poverty and want, Felix carried with pleasure to his sister the first little white flower that peeped out from beneath the snowy ground.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
When Cassini arrived at the Saturnian system in 2004, the southern hemisphere was enjoying summertime, while the northern was in the midst of winter.
(Saturn's Famous Hexagon May Tower Above the Clouds, NASA)
In the midst of all this happiness, and when I looked upon myself to be fully settled for life, my master sent for me one morning a little earlier than his usual hour.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
In the midst of these was a small black and white ivory box with a sliding lid.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She would be placed in the midst of those who loved her, and who had better sense than herself; retired enough for safety, and occupied enough for cheerfulness.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
