How to Use amid in a Sentence

  • Amid such changes, one thing stayed the same.
  • It was hard to hear amid all the cheering.
  • There was a single dark bird amid a flock of white pigeons.
  • He managed to escape amid the confusion.
  • The investigation comes amid growing concerns.
  • The scene: Eva, ahem, receives amid the glow of an oil lantern.
    Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 May 2022
  • The eleventh-hour deal aims to curb migrant flow amid the end of Title 42.
    Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 10 May 2023
  • The Bayesian sank last month off the coast of Italy amid a violent storm.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Slightly more stocks fell in the S&P 500 than rose amid the mixed trading.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The reversal comes amid alarm overnight over the state of the U.S. bond market.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Come for the serenity and a chance to play amid the vast pine forest.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2022
  • Videos showed shots ringing out as plumes of smoke rose into the sky amid the sound of an alarm.
    Samya Kullab, ajc, 15 Oct. 2022
  • In New York, scuffles broke out amid rumors of a stabbing in the line.
    Tim Barber, Wired, 18 July 2022
  • That’s a new one amid hundreds of angry meetings on Gaza, Ukraine and the rest.
    Richard Roth, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Tensions have risen in the West Bank in the past weeks amid Israeli raids on fighters.
    Julia Frankel, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Sharks and fish of every color swim in the shallows amid corals the size of La-Z-Boys and kitchen tables.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • The program was capped in 2015, amid a state budget crisis.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
  • At times in recent weeks, amid an injury crisis, his job has seemed to be on the line.
    Darren Richman, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
  • That set the stage for a hellish weekend, when, amid a severe heat wave, wildfires broke out.
    Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Tied at 4 after two, Oregon regained the lead for good amid a four-run fifth.
    oregonlive, 4 June 2023
  • Set amid the rolling hills of Derbyshire, England, the estate is the longtime seat of the Dukes of Devonshire.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
  • Auburn has been stuck in neutral amid the flurry, adding just two players in the last month and six total.
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 6 Aug. 2022
  • But to say Shibli agreed (amid all the suffering in Gaza) is worse.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Along the way, hikers will have the chance to take in the San Vicente Reservoir — a bright spot of blue amid the green chaparral.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Femurs and ribs and backbone scatter the floor, amid bits and bobs of machinery.
    WIRED, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The rocker's girlfriend and his two sons — Xavier, 20, and Quentin, 18 — have been by his side amid his health journey, per the outlet.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Nursing homes are not safe amid the world's climate crisis.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Three dark cavities amid the folds of fabric make hollows in the lining that evoke a gas mask.
    Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • In each of the past two years, the city has imposed midnight curfews in response to shootings amid large crowds on Ocean Drive.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The other day, amid throngs of schoolkids, a septuagenarian woman with a puff of gray hair, in a black turtleneck and pearl earrings, stepped into the Rose Center for Earth and Space.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 9 June 2025

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