How to Use midst in a Sentence

midst

noun
  • The river passes through the midst of the city.
  • We are in the midst of a terrible war.
  • We never gave up hope in the midst of our troubles.
  • They were in the midst of remodeling their house.
  • The region is currently in the midst of a terrible drought.
  • In 1932, the U.S. was in the midst of the Great Depression.
    — John Buckingham, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In the midst of it all, more than 400 calls for help came in.
    — Lynn Waddell, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The day the teens went missing, the city was in the midst of the first heat wave of the summer.
    — Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 24 June 2024
  • He was benched for two games last week while in the midst of a 1-for-29 slump.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
  • In 2009, the country was still in the midst of the Great Recession.
    — Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
  • The then 31-year-old was in the midst of her morning routine.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Dylan Cease is in the midst of a historic run for the White Sox.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Weitzman received news of the text in the midst of a meeting.
    — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The Royals were in the midst of what would be a six-game winning streak.
    — Rustin Dodd, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The United States is in the midst of a drug and fentanyl crisis.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The small car for the person who doesn't like small cars may at last be in our midst.
    — William Jeanes, Car and Driver, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Arizona and the Phoenix metro area are in the midst of a homeless crisis.
    — Alexis Waiss, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2024
  • In the midst of a great debate about the future of the U.S. news business, the British are coming.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023
  • In the year 1900, the world was in the midst of a machine revolution.
    — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 31 Jan. 2023
  • How will Charlie and Emma find love in the midst of lies?
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The moment forced Akil to pause and reflect in the midst of crunch time.
    — Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2025
  • The Green Bay Packers are in the midst of a solid 11-5 season.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • In the midst of sitting out, my homie Bam had Cakewalk.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2022
  • In the midst of a global crisis, they are called on once again to be the heroes the world needs.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2023
  • In the midst of it all, the Clippers lost the season series to the Timberwolves 3-1.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Nearly 12 years ago, Randy Travis flatlined three times in the midst of a stroke.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
  • At the time of his injury last year, Ryan was in the midst of perhaps the best year of his career.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Dome sits right in the midst of the city's beating heart with a 360-degree view of the busiest road and the iconic Raj Mandir.
    — Jahnavi Bhatt, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The park is in the midst of celebrating its 40th anniversary.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 May 2025
  • And in the midst of this are marvelous moments of complex character affection (and disdain) between Smart and Einbinder.
    — Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025

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