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Sentences starting with amid

Amid the crowd was a dark, handsome youth, in Andalusian garb, who seemed to fix on her an eye of agony. [4]
Amid the wild uproar prevailing around the gaming table that night the duel which had cost young Vorchtel his life was not mentioned until the last dice had been thrown. [10]
Amid the pleasant tumult the three entered the hotel together, like people in a play. [11]
Amid great enthusiasm, the States, by unanimous vote, at once ratified the documents. [11]
Amid her former surroundings nothing had afforded her any support, except her religion. [10]
Amid so much suffering, she often sunk into despair before the cold hearth and empty pots, and no longer thought it worth while to plait her large cap and ruffs. [10]
Amid passions so strong as these there is not one lacking. [4]
Amid so much stress and anxiety Clemens had little time or inclination for work. [5]
Amid these antiquities, stood beautiful Venetian glasses, pine-cones and ostrich-eggs. [10]
Amid the powder smoke, slowly dispersing over the whole space through which Napoleon rode, horses and men were lying in pools of blood, singly or in heaps. [2]

Sentences containing amid two or more times

She had been prepared for a sharp rebuke, and had yielded to her lover's entreaties to under take this service amid tears, and with great anxiety; for if her act should be betrayed, she would lose, amid bitter reproaches, the place she so greatly prized. [10]

More example sentences with the word amid in them

Not only where you are--at the heart of affairs and of the world--is the talk all of war, even here amid fieldwork and the calm of nature--which townsfolk consider characteristic of the country--rumors of war are heard and painfully felt. [2]
On the long wooden platform under the sheds Stephen caught sight of Herr Korner and Herr Hauptmann amid a group of their countrymen. [9]
Many a general who has fought a desperate and victorious fight after a long campaign, and amid all the anxieties and miseries of war, has failed to follow up his advantage, from a sudden lesion of the power for action in him. [11]
Her grandson Hanno, who escaped with his life, at the bidding of his father Satabus, who revered his mother, had made his way to her amid great perils to convey the sorrowful news. [10]
Halberds and muskets, which had been stacked, were seized by their owners and, amid the beating of drums and blare of trumpets, order arose out of the confusion. [10]
Having forced his way out of the crowd of fugitives, Prince Andrew, trying to keep near Kutuzov, saw on the slope of the hill amid the smoke a Russian battery that was still firing and Frenchmen running toward it. [2]
The old lady was sitting wearily in an arm-chair; she could still walk, but amid her anxiety and distress a strange twitching had affected her hands. [10]
Faster and faster, vying with one another, they moved at the double or at a trot, vanishing amid the clouds of dust they raised and making the air ring with a deafening roar of mingling shouts. [2]
In fancy, the voluptuous votary of fashion sees herself amid the festive throng, 'the observed of all observers. [5]
She knew the value, amid new circumstances, of a person long known and trusted. [10]
He had promised us, instead of this place of bondage, a new and delightful home where we should dwell free men, amid fruitful fields and rich pastures, which would supply food to every man and his family and make all hearts rejoice. [10]
Heavy soles tramped upon the pavement, and amid the voices that now mingled with those she had formerly heard, she fancied she distinguished Maria's and Barbara's. [10]
Henrica had grown up among her father's boon companions, amid the clinking of glasses and hunting-shouts, Maria in a grave burgher household, and what they told each other seemed like tidings from a strange world. [10]
Maria had grown up amid the battle for freedom, and knew how to estimate the grave importance of the tidings her husband had received. [10]
The wild vine twined boldly up many a trunk, fruit was already forming on the bilberry bushes, though it still glimmered with a faint pink hue amid the green of May. [10]
Now single shrill trumpet notes echoed from afar amid the trombones and the dull roll of the drums, the noise increasing every moment. [10]
It's hard work to hear one's self speak amid all the ringing, trumpeting, yelling, and shrieking. [10]
Joshua was commissioned to detain the bands of rioters who, amid threats and curses, were striving to force their way past the warriors. [10]
When they were tired of lugging him, they lifted him, with much effort and difficulty, to the top of a high wall, and left him there amid the broken bottles, utterly unable to get down. [4]
He has little time for the poetry of haying, as he struggles along, filling the air with the wet mass which he shakes over his head, and picking his way with short legs and bare feet amid the short and freshly cut stubble. [4]
Oh, maternal love, thou dost hover in radiant bliss far above the clouds, and amid choirs of angels! [10]
To march amid this uproar of the elements was a pleasure to the healthy men. [10]
But here, in this strange house, amid such strange surroundings, I was heartbroken. [9]
More speech like this followed, and amid it all, with the flower of the world beside me at this table, I remembered my mother's words before I bade her good-bye and set sail from Glasgow for Virginia. [11]
True, the sisters themselves seemed to feel safe, for snatches of their singing were still audible amid the ringing of the bells and the blare of the trumpets, but the fire must have been very hard to extinguish. [10]
We had seen them in time for the halberdiers to extend their pikes, and the musketeers to be down amid the grass. [10]
In any case the words ran along the line, and were carried up in a shout amid the crackling of the brushwood: "Where was the shame of it, Where was the blame of it, William Connor dear? [11]
That voice is the voice of patience and resignation; that voice is one that bears everything calmly and dispassionately, amid the most distressing scenes; when the fates are arrayed against her peace, and apparently plotting for her destruction, still she is resigned. [5]
The critics of the vintage, who pursue their calling in the dark vaults and amid mouldy casks, give their opinion, for the most part, only upon wine, upon juice that has matured and ripened into development of quality. [4]
This sitting in the sun amid the evidences of a ripe year is the easiest part of gardening I have experienced. [4]
Just off from the summit, amid the rocks, is a complete arbor, or tunnel, of rhododendrons. [4]
The divinity on the ship, amid the raging of the storm, was forced more than once to appear before the worshipper ungarlanded, without ornament for the head, or incense. [10]
As soon as the sedan chair, amid cheers and the blare of trumpets, had disappeared in the direction of the drawbridge and the great main entrance, Barbara retired to her room. [10]
As he approached the second story, in which the nursery was situated and where he expected to find his wife, it suddenly seemed as if a star had risen amid the darkness. [10]
Another section amid the regimental wagons and horses which were standing in a group was busy getting out caldrons and rye biscuit, and feeding the horses. [2]
With other signs, the popular elections then just past indicated uneasiness among ourselves, while, amid much that was cold and menacing, the kindest words coming from Europe were uttered in accents of pity that we are too blind to surrender a hopeless cause. [7]
Like angry surf the pale gleams of gray, amid the purple of that scudding front, swept beyond the eastern rampart of the valley. [13]
Through the lattices the nave amid choir could be viewed distinctly. [11]
The leaders of the mutineers were standing on the wall of earth between the field-pieces, and amid the foremost rank, nay, in front of them all, her son was addressing the crowd. [10]
The ranks of the infantry disappeared amid the smoke but their long-drawn shout and rapid musketry firing could still be heard. [2]
Honour and respect the handsome, hot-blooded youth that, nevertheless, he allowed himself to be diverted from work only a short time and soon resumed it with ardent zeal, at first in superabundance, and then amid fresh need and privation. [10]
On the whole, the garden could not have been better seen to; though it would take a sharp eye to see the potato-vines amid the rampant grass and weeds. [4]
Murmuring and plashing, the forest stream dashed down its steep bed over rocks and amid moss-covered stones and smooth pebbles to the valley. [10]
At first, in the excitement and the confusion, amid the debris of so much possible wealth, Mavick kept a sort of position, and did not immediately feel the pinch of vulgar poverty. [4]
The infantry of the detachment passed along the road and quickly disappeared amid the trees in the mist of early dawn, hundreds of feet splashing through the mud. [2]
The ladies of the court gazed with delight at the red towers of the Alhambra, rising from amid shady groves, anticipating the time when the Catholic sovereigns should be enthroned within its walls, and its courts shine with the splendor of Spanish chivalry. [4]
Thereafter, amid all the clouds of falsehood and ridicule which we had to encounter, there was one lighthouse fixed on a rock to which we could go for foothold, from which we could not be driven, and against which all assaults were impotent. [6]
I saw him, the best of men, perishing amid contumely and disease. [10]
I was sure that, young as she was, she had already a history; had lived her life, and now walked amid these groves and old streets in a dream. [4]
On the little table beside it, amid several bottles and glasses, the lamp and the box of matches, stood the tiny bell, at whose faint sound one of her nurses invariably hastened in. [10]
The attempt was successful and, amid the thunder and lightning, greeted with loud cheers, the last man and the last head of cattle reached the land. [10]
Then, too, as strangely I began to be myself again, amid a sense of my position grew upon me. [11]
This vigor soon stopped the refusals, and the collection proceeded amid a sullen and ominous silence. [5]
Mr. Stewart's house stood, and stands to-day, amid trim gardens, in plain sight of the Severn. [9]
Have you never stood on the wooded summit of a high mountain, and felt, amid the solemn silence of nature, the still and soft, but awful breath of Divinity hovering around you? [10]
That day we stood among the crowd and listened to the speech of a student, who addressed us from the great balcony amid a storm of applause. [10]
The prisoner was standing at the window, pressing her brow against the iron bars and listening to the lute played by her lover, which sounded, amid the turmoil of the other prisoners, like a bell above the roar of thunder and the storm. [10]
A large, round stage, encircled by a fence of young birch logs, had been built for dancing amid the leafy lindens, and stood directly opposite to the imperial tent. [10]
But in this spot, amid this silence, it seems to me that without memorial or sign we are sure of His presence. [10]
And yet I spoke but hoarsely then my thought, I groped amid a thousand forces there; Her understanding all my meaning caught, It was illumined in her atmosphere. [11]
Thursday had seen South Carolina leave that Union into which she was born, amid prayers and the ringing of bells. [9]
Together with that sound came a solitary human cry from the gateway and amid the smoke appeared the figure of a bareheaded man in a peasant's coat. [2]
Later on the sophisticated mind, left to its own guidance in the night, wanders amid the complexities of life, calling up in confusion scenes long forgotten or repented of, images only registered by a sub-conscious process, dreams to perplex, irritate, and excite. [4]
The amphitheatre was soon emptied, amid the flare of lightning and the crash and roll of thunder. [10]
Hoary Eliab had soon died, and the grandmother and Hogla--the former on the old man's ass--had followed the Hebrews amid unspeakable difficulties. [10]
I, in turn, sigh, shrug my shoulders, and put down the oranges, amid a chorus of exclamations over my graspingness. [4]
On the French side, amid the groups with cannon, a cloud of smoke appeared, then a second and a third almost simultaneously, and at the moment when the first report was heard a fourth was seen. [2]
Amid his loud shrieks of agony one of Pompey's veterans shouted, 'Dead dogs no longer bite, but they howl when dying! [10]
Then, amid a shower of missiles, he shot the Arab who had first spread the report about the map and the flags. [11]
What if she should raise her eyes, and amid those vulgar stares discern his own? [9]
If the sea should now return to its ancient bed, his people would be lost; for there was no escape, even toward the north, where deep pools of water were standing amid the mire and cliffs. [10]
Four years ago she could have slept amid the hammers of a foundry. [11]
Certainly, it would seem to have been a quieter and more profitable existence than he had known amid the confusion of things left behind in, America. [5]
He does really seem to have already forgotten Cornelia's merits in one brief month, for he eulogizes Harriet in a way which rules all competition out: "Thou only virtuous, gentle, kind, Amid a world of hate. [5]
Now she again saw herself amid the vile rabble assembled there, again felt how eagerly she inhaled the air as she was led across the courtyard of the townhall into the presence of the magistrates. [10]
If your first sacrifice was intended to make me a happy man, its effect was no stronger than the light of the candle which is burned amid the radiance of the noonday sun. [10]
Amid the general rumble, the groans and voices of the wounded were more distinctly heard than any other sound in the darkness of the night. [2]
I heard Mr. Riddle's voice say thickly, amid the silence that followed:-- "Mr. Darnley, you're a d--d thief, sir. [9]
Unafraid, his heart rent with pity, he walked unharmed amid such tumult as I have rarely seen. [9]
Amid these consoling reflections, Hermon fell asleep, and awoke fresher and more cheerful than he had been for some time. [10]
Amid the fabulous radiance of the festal array, when all who surround her admire, worship, and strew flowers in her path, one might believe that the old sunny days had returned; but when we are alone, how rarely I see her smile! [10]
He desires to pursue in detail the vast new discoveries of the astronomers, which even amid the pressure of duties he had explained to him. [10]
Amid the scattered property and the crowd on the open space, she, in her rich satin cloak with a bright lilac shawl on her head, suggested a delicate exotic plant thrown out onto the snow. [2]
It seems like profanation to laugh and jest and bandy the frivolous chat of our day amid its hoary relics. [5]
Amid all the pressure and distress that the burdens of office brought upon him, his unfailing sense of humor saved him; probably it made it possible for him to live under the burden. [7]
How had she preserved--yes, he might call it so--her aristocratic bearing, amid the turmoil, perils, and mire of camp-life, in spite of all, all! [10]
Elie Mattingley the popular sinner, with insolent gold rings in his ears, unchallenged as to how he came by his merchandise, was one person; Elie Mattingley, a torch for the burning, and housed amid the terrors of the Vier Prison, was another. [11]
Sometimes I repeated poems of my own, sometimes she recited and acted passages from her best parts, amid continual jesting and laughter. [10]
Amid these sounds, only the youthful kindly voice of the Emperor Alexander was clearly heard. [2]
Indeed they were on terms of intimacy, for the soldier was a leader amid the nobles who had conspired to dethrone Pharaoh. [10]
The utmost degree of variety had entered into the simplicity of the monotonous desert, the most refined abundance for the intellect and the need of beauty appeared amid its barrenness. [10]
Amid the cheers of the people they drive away together. [11]
The distant uproar of the multitude had sounded threatening, but now, amid the deafening din, they could distinguish every shout of welcome, every joyous greeting, every expression of delight, surprise, applause, admiration, and homage, known to the Greek and Egyptian tongues. [10]
Amid the cheers of the bride's friends he leaped from his saddle, mounted a stump and, flapping his arms, crowed in victory. [9]
How the remainder of that Jacksonian ticket was elected, down to the very hog-reeves, and amid what turmoil of the Democracy and bitterness of spirit of the orthodox, I need not recount. [9]
Many an exclamation of surprise and pleasure was heard directly after their entrance into the tap-room, and amid the confusion of voices, the name of Hans Eitelfritz fell more than once upon Ulrich's ear. [10]
Amid the turmoil of his activities and distractions, however, Pierre at the end of a year began to feel that the more firmly he tried to rest upon it, the more Masonic ground on which he stood gave way under him. [2]
Then a chorus of Hellenic singers began a polyphonous hymn, and amid its full, melodious notes, which rose above the enthusiastic shouts of "Hail! [10]
They were fond of color, and were taken by six little geraniums planted in a circle amid the sand in front of the house, which were waiting for the season to open before they began to grow. [4]
Amid the singing of all these men her clear, bell-like tones would have risen like the lark soaring from the grain field, and what a storm of applause would have greeted her from these rough throats! [10]

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