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Grammar : Noun
Spell : midst
Phonetic Transcription : mɪdst



Definition of midst

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Middle English middes (mid-14c.), from mid + adverbial genitive -s. The parasitic -t is perhaps on model of superlatives (cf. against).
  • noun middle, core
Example sentences :
  • There is a green meadow in the midst, on which rests a broad belt of sunshine.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • In the midst of the barrier stood an altar, on the top of which was a brazen eagle.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • In the midst of this generosity, the services of Geta and Milza were not forgotten.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The Marquis had naturally expected to find him in the midst of pomp.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • There was no reasoning which could help him in the midst of that puzzle.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He sat in the midst of a circle of lamplighters, and was the cacique, or chief of the tribe.
  • Extract from : « The Lamplighter » by Charles Dickens
  • In the midst, and in the centre of all eyes, we see the woman.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • A moment more and we are in the midst of the eddying, rushing, foaming rapids.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • Again we take a leap of about twenty years, and alight in the midst of the Revolution.
  • Extract from : « Old News » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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