Read full poem →The flocks by moonlight there, (1)
And high amongst the glimmering sheep
The dead man stood on air.
Dictionary Entry
Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at amidst.
In a Sentence
“Janek feels very at ease amongst his friends, but gets incredibly nervous when meeting new people.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
others amongstthemselves amongstamongst foundamongst evenamongst dividedamongst place
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Poetry examples for “amongst”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →By now the blood is dried;
And Maurice amongst the hay lies still
And my knife is in his side."
Read full poem →'Twas Ben that in the dusky Laurel shade
Amongst the Chorus of old Poets laid,
Sounding of ancient Heroes, such as were
Read full poem →What would save life, and what would kill.
Thus gone, amongst you I may live,
And dead, yet speak, and counsel give:
Read full poem →DRAMATIC compositions have ever been esteemed
amongst the greatest productions of human genius;
and the exhibition of them on the public stage has,
Read full poem →Maid in the Mill, a comedy. This play, amongst others, has likewise
been revived by the Duke's House. The plot of Antonio, Ismenia, and
Read full poem →In comfort of her mother’s tears,
Hath placed amongst her virgin-train;
Where, while that severed doth remain,
Read full poem →peal’s from a manuscript letter from Sir John Hallies to
the Lord Chancellor Burleigh, found amongst some
papers belonging to the House of Commons, in which
Read full poem →increasing, in a little time overturned the constitu-
tion ; and amongst their many reformations this was
one, the total suppression of all plavs and playhouses.