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amidst

How to use amidst in a sentence. Live example sentences for amidst pulled from indexed public discussions.

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Cuomo has been a strong protector of the film incentive – even amidst recent criticisms of the program.

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Cuomo has been a strong protector of the film incentive – even amidst recent criticisms of the program.

Example sentences

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Cuomo has been a strong protector of the film incentive – even amidst recent criticisms of the program.

2

Pao's resignation was abrupt and happened amidst a torrent of misogynist drama, renewing concerns about SV sexism.

3

Not only that, but this CEO resigned amidst loud, newsworthy clamor for her ouster.

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This man made the country stand on its feet technologically and here he falls amidst his students as he wished his death to be.

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Oh great, now we have the Hacker News startup brigade stirring up trouble amidst all the Wikipedia politics that is already taking place.

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Happy indeed we live, friendly amidst the afflicted (by craving).

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Happy indeed we live, free from avarice amidst the avaricious.

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But practically a full century after the end of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery, the plunder—quiet, systemic, submerged—continued even amidst the aims and achievements of New Deal liberals.

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Eventually, amidst high tensions the next year, there was an incident between Britsh, merchant and Qing ships off Canton, which flared things up into a shooting war.

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Albeit, aren't we already existent amidst a simulation?

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Happy indeed we live, friendly amidst the hostile.

12

I don't think that's inconsistent with Airbnb or YC's account, I'd just never heard about it before (amidst a ton of lore about Airbnb's early days at YC).

Quote examples

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The author's conflicted, borderline self-loathing struggle for counter-cultural self-awareness amidst the myopic career obsessed pursuit of "achievement" and relevance is quite revealing.

2

Reflects easy observations amidst the hyped fervor of technologies, kind of a motto of our era, "why make it simple when it can be so complicated?"

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"happened amidst a torrent of misogynist drama" is a phrase nearly without empirical meaning.

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In business school, the ratio of mainstream to sidestream was skewed so badly towards the mainstream that it was difficult to even keep my head above water amidst the torrent of "networkers" like you said.

Proper noun examples

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Amidst the avaricious men we dwell free from avarice.

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Amidst hostile men we dwell free from hatred.

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Amidst afflicted men we dwell free from affliction.

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How do you use amidst in a sentence?

Cuomo has been a strong protector of the film incentive – even amidst recent criticisms of the program.