Amidst

"Amidst" and "midst" are almost always epideictic: they may be intended to impress but they are, instead, pretentious.

languagehat.com: IN HIS MIDST. 2005

Amidst all our abundance, “is anybody happier?” he asks.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Amidst domestic unrest and economic hardship, the people of Greece embody the ancient values at the core of Greek life, proclaiming to the world that crisis would not drive them to isolation, but rather welcoming with open arms those who are most fragile and most in need in national brotherhood.

Amb. Luis Gallegos: A Different Kind of Revolution Amb. Luis Gallegos 2011

Amidst these poisonous stereotypes, however, exciting new narratives are emerging from a globalized generation that reflect the messy, complicated but successful co-existence of Muslim and Western cultures.

Azeem Ibrahim: Katie Couric's Idea of a "Muslim Cosby Show" Might Not Be So Crazy After All Azeem Ibrahim 2011

Amidst domestic unrest and economic hardship, the people of Greece embody the ancient values at the core of Greek life, proclaiming to the world that crisis would not drive them to isolation, but rather welcoming with open arms those who are most fragile and most in need in national brotherhood.

Amb. Luis Gallegos: A Different Kind of Revolution Amb. Luis Gallegos 2011

Amidst these poisonous stereotypes, however, exciting new narratives are emerging from a globalized generation that reflect the messy, complicated but successful co-existence of Muslim and Western cultures.

Azeem Ibrahim: Katie Couric's Idea of a "Muslim Cosby Show" Might Not Be So Crazy After All Azeem Ibrahim 2011

Amidst these poisonous stereotypes, however, exciting new narratives are emerging from a globalized generation that reflect the messy, complicated but successful co-existence of Muslim and Western cultures.

Azeem Ibrahim: Katie Couric's Idea of a "Muslim Cosby Show" Might Not Be So Crazy After All Azeem Ibrahim 2011

Amidst these poisonous stereotypes, however, exciting new narratives are emerging from a globalized generation that reflect the messy, complicated but successful co-existence of Muslim and Western cultures.

Azeem Ibrahim: Katie Couric's Idea of a "Muslim Cosby Show" Might Not Be So Crazy After All Azeem Ibrahim 2011

Amidst the pinpoint lights of disappeared industry cracking towers are spider webs that trap the ruins of radio signals.

Trajectory stephen hastings-king 2011

Amidst these poisonous stereotypes, however, exciting new narratives are emerging from a globalized generation that reflect the messy, complicated but successful co-existence of Muslim and Western cultures.

Azeem Ibrahim: Katie Couric's Idea of a "Muslim Cosby Show" Might Not Be So Crazy After All Azeem Ibrahim 2011