Among [preposition]

Definition of Among:

in the middle of; between

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Sentence/Example of Among:

Among the Perpendicular additions to the church last named may be noted a very beautiful oaken rood-screen.

Mrs. Woodbury paints in oils and water-colors; the latter are genre scenes, and among them are several Dutch subjects.

At this moment an extraordinary commotion began among the watches.

His zeal led him among foreigners as a missionary; after visiting Bohemia, he went among the Poles, by whom he was killed.

Botanists have enumerated between forty and fifty varieties of the tobacco plant who class them all among the narcotic poisons.

Above all, he was amazed to hear me talk of a mercenary standing army in the midst of peace and among a free people.

But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?

He spoke clearly and slowly, well knowing that some among the natives would understand him.

A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.

When Cortez made conquest of Mexico in 1519 smoking seemed to be a common as well as an ancient custom among the natives.