How to Use amid in a Sentence

amid

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• 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 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
• 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
• Auburn has been stuck in neutral amid the flurry, adding just two players in the last month and six total.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], 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 record number of deaths come amid signs of easing economic growth.
  — Russell Flannery, Forbes, 9 June 2022
• And then this year amid economic pessimism, Democrats slipped with this group.
  — Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2022
• 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
• Scherzer left with an injury after three innings of work, and Syndergaard only gave up two runs in six innings amid a terrible season for him, but the Mets won 5-3.
  — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 30 May 2025