Definition of “midst”

Usage examples

• From his vantage point in the midst of it, the watchman looked around him in despair.

  Heller, Keith, Man's Loving Family (1986)

• Yes, at this juncture, they are isolated, and perched precariously in the midst of the Brahmaputra.

  India Today (1997)

• And, in the midst of the brouhaha, Paul Martin acknowledged finally, openly, that he really did want to be Prime Minister.

  Globe and Mail (2003)

• Fifteen minutes later it was clear they'd had a better understanding of the fickle weather patterns than the rookies in their midst.

  Glasgow Herald (2002)

• Fulfilled of the slow passion of pitching through immemorial ages Your little round house in the midst of chaos.

  Richard Fortey, THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)