| 单词 | midst |
| 例句 | “Well, I was wild to do something for Father,” replied Jo, as they gathered about the table, for healthy young people can eat even in the midst of trouble. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, in the midst of this delicate rapprochement, Outside magazine confirmed it was sending me to Everest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But why did Mars 3 enter in the midst of a great dust storm? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The orange flowers covered me as I sat in their midst. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He saw Brother Eugene still standing there in the midst of the shambles, tears actually running down his cheeks. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z From their midst, one particularly handsome warrior emerged, and Koffi stiffened. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “I thank my Maker, that, in the midst of judgment, he has remembered mercy. I humbly entreat my Redeemer to give me strength to lead henceforth a purer life than I have done hitherto!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like silver and gold, and all men were hushed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The Huntsman’s voice froze in the midst of a shout of triumph and he suddenly fell backward. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of my thought my eye fell on the red scar on my poor darling’s white forehead. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Suddenly, in the midst of his telling, Milkman wanted the gold. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m frozen for a moment, suddenly uneasy in the midst of this extravagance. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He also began to be feared even by those he kept around him, so that a centurion murdered him in the midst of his army. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “It’s important for people to be aware that there are saboteurs in our midst.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And in the midst of everything else, I’d almost forgotten my own birthday. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Philadelphia was in the midst of a heat wave, which made the children who were supposed to watch the show restless and inattentive. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt, in the midst of her gratitude, a small resentment: that Curt could, with a few calls, rearrange the world, have things slide into the spaces that he wanted them to. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He didn’t feel out of place as he stood in their midst. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Isaac, Hazel from Support Group is coming downstairs. Hazel, a gentle reminder: Isaac is in the midst of a psychotic episode.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Then, in the midst of this idyll, came the first of two pivotal setbacks. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The length of her limbs and the beauty of her face were of no use to Miyax as she lay on the lichen-speckled frost heave in the midst of the bleak tundra. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Committee of Elders was sitting together in a group; and the Chief Elder’s eyes were now on one who sat in the midst but seemed oddly separate from them. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z A low growl comes from his throat and a chorus of answering screams ring through the dining room as everyone realizes that there's a shambler in their midst. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In the midst of supper, at approximately seven-thirty, someone rang the bell at the front door. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Yet in the midst of his sorrow, Matt found a glimmer of hope. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tilted slightly to the starboard, it had hanging from its intact masts the dirty rags of its sails in the midst of its rigging, which was adorned with orchids. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The guardian rock sat tall and proud in the midst of our fields. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z We had spent two weeks in Cange, and in the midst of them had taken a quick trip to visit the church group in South Carolina that funded Père Lafontant’s projects. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He found her in the midst of the most terrible indignity a woman could suffer, and he struggled to rescue his stepdaughter from the clutches of the assailant. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z At one point, the German countess emerged from the midst of the gentlemen and before I had had a chance to serve her, began helping herself to some port from my tray. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I am sure that is why so many Marines drank heavily when they were in the midst of those quiet times. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of a long silence, Will asked our mess whether; if we win, the slaves down in the Sugar Isles going be freed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He was likely saving any number of new people and animals and homes, and in the midst of it all he’d gotten overwhelmed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Our town would not have fallen but for the saboteurs in our midst!” the man with the braided beard said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z For there, in the midst of sketches of hands and torsos was a sketch of someone they knew: Angel. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Sierra stormed directly into their midst, watching with satisfaction as they swerved out of her way. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Teammates hug and lift one another, and Jenna is in the midst of it all. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He arrived in the midst of an uncharacteristic April snowstorm, a sudden downpour of small icy flakes that scratched against the windows like fingernails. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The energy in the midst of this chaos feels different. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of the valley stood the black foundations of the western watch-tower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In the midst of the presses stood the sleeve machine, looking like twin silver spaceships. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in England, Clarkson and his friends saw their chance: France was no longer in the midst of a revolution, and Napoleon’s sugar dreams had failed. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Adèle ran quite wild in the midst of it: the preparations for company and the prospect of their arrival, seemed to throw her into ecstasies. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I know, in the midst of everything going on, that this is not the highest priority right now, but it feels like it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Your Honor, if ever there was the unpredictable in our midst, this is it! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “In the midst of the resulting chaos, turmoil, and disorder,” Yutar proclaimed, “it was planned by the accused to set up a Provisional Revolutionary Government to take over the administration and control of the country.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It could get very bad—people crushing my feet, shoving me into the walls, discovering the alien in their midst, screaming, freaking out. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of the bustle, Charles studied his barnacles, and the older girls, Annie and Etty, had their lessons together. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There, midst their thousand Eyes, their black, open Eyes, he sate slumped — him looking out to Sea at the Moon. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She didn’t see how Bob could summon food in the midst of Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In between, in the midst of all those steaming nights and days darkly colored, smelling of earth, I believe there lay some marrow of honest instruction. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When I got back to the living room and sat between Mabel and Ben, they were in the midst of a conversation with Courtney and a few other people. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Now the four companions went forward, past the clear wood-fire burning upon the long hearth in the midst of the hall. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In the midst of the crush Nathan and I, Nathan holding out his hands to Ira in blessing, she with dark head bent low to receive it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of other grave personal problems, Kepler rushed to Wurttemberg to find his seventy-four-year-old mother chained in a Protestant secular dungeon and threatened, like Galileo in a Catholic dungeon, with torture. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The head was in the midst of about fifty large, artificial earthen mounds—the ruins, Sterling concluded with excitement, of a previously unknown Maya civic center. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Then, in the midst of my panic, an idea shines through, clear and bright. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of this misery Schindler had performed his magic. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z In the midst of the attack, Robinson staggers to his feet and rejoins the fight. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of one prayer, smoke issued from the lectern and I thought we had gone too far but it turned out to be a short circuit. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A burst of darkness momentarily eclipsed the steady luminance of the lanterns, and suddenly, in the midst of where all the imps were focusing their attention, a new human-sized imp sprouted up. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Partly by happenstance, the U.S. geneticist James Neel and the U.S. anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon flew into Yanomami country in the midst of the epidemic. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We were in the midst of this discussion when the prosecutor, Mr. Bosch, entered the room and then asked Bob to excuse himself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of the howling storm, he found a warm place under a table and went to sleep. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Tatane appealed to the warden to overrule us, and in the midst of his speech, broke down and wept. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason remembered Medea’s words and flung a huge stone into their midst. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon, in the midst of preparing for the conference, she called me to say she’d decided she wanted to go to school. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z When my studies were canceled, I was still in the midst of pursuing my LL.B. at the University of London. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was in the midst of playing with two or three others at that point, but it was clear Ruth was addressing only me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But now he saw that they were in danger of being caught in the very midst of the great battle that would soon be joined. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I stood in the midst of people I loved and I was afraid of them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But Isengard is a circle of sheer rocks that enclose a valley as with a wall, and in the midst of that valley is a tower of stone called Orthanc. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z We live in the midst of explosive devices; we are mined. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The others, I wrapped up in the midst of the garments. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The sound of it—the tinkle of joy in the midst of our bleak American winter—was startling. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He sounds like a man in the midst of a terrible dream from which he refuses to wake. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z How could she possibly still be alive in the midst of such madness? The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z By the summer of 1946, Americans everywhere started seeing signs of communist traitors in their midst. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Things only got worse when, in the midst of the frenetic effort to track down the causes of failure, an incensed General Groves arrived on the scene. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The girls were in the midst of a jump-rope fad, so the parallel bars were pretty much deserted. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Avery was in and out of jail until he turned twenty, when in the midst of a psychotic episode he wandered into a strange house, thinking he was being attacked by demons. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They began to walk down the middle of the road, keeping Jonathan in their midst. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of it all, the anchor loomed indomitable. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I have seen him whip a woman, causing the blood to run half an hour at the time; and this, too, in the midst of her crying children, pleading for their mother’s release. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z But lo! suddenly in the midst of the glory of the king his golden shield was dimmed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But nobody really cares; they’re too caught up in each other or themselves to notice a random geek in their midst. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z When the knock sounded on his door, Reynie was in the midst of a terrible dream. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Presently they were under the shadow, and there in the midst of it they saw the opening of a cave. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Globe writer Tom Oliphant hated to leave town in the midst of such a major story. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z This was 1987, and Iran and Iraq were in the midst of their long and crippling war. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z We grew suspicious, for a stranger in our midst probably meant a SIM plant with a fabricated name. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The three boxes stand in the midst of the glowing, red field-poppies. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the only way to keep his sanity in the midst of Goddard’s blood sport. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z From the lift the Savage stepped out into the midst of them. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of this upheaval, Pepsi began running television commercials around the country, pitting Coke head-to-head with Pepsi in what they called the Pepsi Challenge. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It was pleasant to think that men still sang, even in the midst of butchery and famine. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I looked at Connor and Birdie and Mae, all three of them ready, apparently, to believe anything about the creature in our midst. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I found him in my mother’s hut, lying on his back on the floor, in the midst of what seemed like an endless fit of coughing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are looking for someone who can perform in the midst of a crowd?” she asks Chandresh. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “May the peace of God be with you,” she says, her voice low, “even in the midst of trouble.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She squinted at him writhing in her hands, acutely aware of the huge battle raging on her block, her mami caught up in the midst of it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He halted and, with bewildered and horrified eyes, stared round him at the khaki mob, in the midst of which, overtopping it by a full head, he stood. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He had noticed that, in the midst of the multitude of armed men back at the encampment, there had been one who stared fixedly at the two. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A week later, in the midst of rehearsing carols for the pageant, the principal came to make an announcement. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “Though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The forest that the first New England colonists thought was primeval and enduring was actually in the midst of violent change and demographic collapse. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Bobby’s match against Bent Larsen began in Denver on July 6 at four p.m., in the midst of an uncomfortable one-hundred-degree heat wave. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z That loyal, silent man was always there, within reach of her voice, providing a certain stability in the midst of the catastrophe that had shaken her life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of their ranks was an actual war elephant. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Naturally, in 1790, Antoine Lavoisier, caught up in the midst of the French Revolution, declared that he was making a revolution in chemistry. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the midst of the still morning, with only the sound of the river gurgling by, I heard a bird. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The slope of a woman’s cheek, lips in the midst of a whisper. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In the midst of my trials, there were moments. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Jeanne and Jacob stood in the midst of the kneeling knights. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The suspended creatures turn their heads in the direction of the ghost in their midst. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z On days I intended to go, I would wait till they were half a block ahead, so I wouldn’t be seen arriving in their midst. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z And Madison, who had a justifiable reputation for making himself the calm center in the midst of all political storms, was being buffeted by shrill accusations from both sides. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Mother Ermentrude did not even consult the bishop, but wasted no time in expelling her from our midst,” she goes on. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Maybe, too, they just made frightening things more familiar, even a little funny in the midst of the seriousness of war. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the processions were accompanied by music and dancing, for in the midst of the sorrow there was happiness that the death had taken place in Varanasi. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “I think not. “But — but —” “My sons and daughters do not harm Hagrid, on my command. But I cannot deny them fresh meat, when it wanders so willingly into our midst. Good-bye, friend of Hagrid.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z In the midst of the chaos Schindler again seized an opportunity to act on our behalf. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The pain in my arm became the only real thing, a sharp point of comfort in the midst of a nightmare. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They flew together and apart at the sight of a predator, and Frightful dove into their midst. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She remained like that all day, mute, absent, alone in the midst of us. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But I didn’t have the time or the energy to look for a new coach in the midst of the greatest moment of my athletic career. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They formed one undulating mass of red, the head of a dragon rising from their midst. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It was a sleep packed with dreams of swirling colors, as if I were in the midst of a gigantic kaleidoscopic whirlpool. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Seated there in the midst of July, without a sound, he felt the tears move down his cheeks. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z And, in the midst of the grinding and sloppy making out, we begin to slow dance. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The Sisters’ voices stopped as Ethyne stepped into their midst. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z If she was an odd vision in their midst, one look from Ridgeway made the patrons return to their own business. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Thus, when someone got killed, as Curt Lemon did, his body was not really a body, but rather one small bit of waste in the midst of a much wider wastage. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z On July 20, in the midst of an enervating heat wave in Austria, he traveled from Brno to Vienna to take the oral part of the exam. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Nat stood in the midst of the charred cinders that had been the little house. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Tycho could hardly write a book about a new star appearing in the midst of all that turmoil without at least nodding in the direction of astrology. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Gradually, however, as the white players began opening up to me, talking, laughing and even joking, I began feeling comfortable in their midst, with the result that I was soon playing at their level. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He planted the offices in the midst of this black metropolis, rolled up his sleeves, and went to work. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The goddess slid down from her throne and turned to human size, a young auburn-haired girl, perfectly at ease in the midst of the giant Olympians. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then they went back to the village, where all the people were waiting to welcome the old man back into their midst. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I watch as Bryce and Aurora emerge from the bus door in the midst of the other kids, just like they always do. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z In the midst of fear Lyra knelt by Lanre’s body and breathed his name. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There were more Negroes there than she’d ever seen, and the comfort she felt in their midst she kept all her life. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She would rather be alone in her room than alone in the midst of a celebration she was not a part of. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Bottom line, in the midst of our fervor, the words “I love you, Courtney” slipped out of my mouth when it was by his ear. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z In the midst of all this plenty they sat in the house, therefore, when the winds of winter came out of the desert to the northeast of them, winds bitter and biting. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z By then, she was in the midst of a full-blown crisis. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She thought the confrontation with the mob had exhausted them as much as it had exhausted her, but silence was their policy in general—until Jasper came into their midst. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Ky Ebright was, in fact, in the midst of doing essentially the same thing—perhaps in reaction to all hed been reading about the Washington sophomores. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Azaan and I are standing in the midst of the temple’s sparring lawns, inside a large circle made from fist-sized stones. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Wemmick’s house was a little wooden cottage in the midst of plots of garden, and the top of it was cut out and painted like a battery mounted with guns. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Fizz gets off, and I go on to my creaky building in the midst of a congregation of old condominiums, neither retro cool nor demolition ready—yet. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z By far the greater part of the earth’s surface is covered by its enveloping seas, yet in the midst of this plenty we are in want. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z "When I came in, you were in the midst of some merriment." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I thought his protection might be weaker there, away from his relations and Dumbledore, but I was not yet strong enough to attempt kidnap in the midst of a horde of Ministry wizards. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It may be found curled in the straw of stables or else sheltering in the midst of the herd it protects. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of it there wound lazily a dark river of brown water, bordered with ancient willows, arched over with willows, blocked with fallen willows, and flecked with thousands of faded willow-leaves. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I believe we have a lost kitten in our midst!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He was in the midst of speaking when a stocky fellow named Lieutenant Pretorius walked in. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of black soot and black bricks.... A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But even in the midst of it, buried inside the desire to feel nothing and be nothing, was an even stronger desire. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of the confusion, I saw carloads of white people circling the church and then driving off with screeching tires. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of the controversy, an outside audit of Korean Air’s operations was leaked to the public. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z She was sitting behind the couch, in the midst of the clutter. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Like, somehow, in the midst of all of her anger, El might have revealed every little one of my secrets and insecurities. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z In the midst of the repairs, the architect posted a sign at the church—a statement that per-haps said it all: “A restoration of hope!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I note with satisfaction that she doesn’t hand a T-shirt to Farooq and that he’s disappeared from our midst. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z While I was in the midst of having another abnormal attack of fatigue, the United States Olympic Committee assigned us an official team psychologist, Jamie Harshaw. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He fought and twisted away, and started running, in the midst of them, toward the exit. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Yet in the midst of her pain she could still think of me, and one day she beckoned me near and placed in my hand a small stone lingam, symbol of fertility. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe there was an actual tree lurking in the midst? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The structures along the river were now nought but torrents of fire, liquid and rushing; whatever features as remained—lintels, doorframes, and roof-trees—were sketched with dark charcoal smudges in the midst of red activity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Chess stuffed it into the pocket of his windbreaker—his dark green windbreaker, which looked out of place in the midst of so many people wearing navy blue and orange. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z In the midst of Kepler’s mathematical raptures, and despite his sequestered life, the imperfections of the outside world must also have molded his character. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And Daddy couldn’t be in the midst of people without being charming. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in the midst of his fear and strain it occurred to him that Dandelion must be very fast: he had covered the distance in a flash. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Smith was in the midst of a trying season. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z This was no island he was on but a mere reef, a bit of sand in the midst of the ocean. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of the bombing, the old timepiece stayed attached to the wall, its glass case intact and undisturbed. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z There she sat in the midst of a large, busy room to look at some pictures of women who might be Momma. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the midst of all that celebrating, I felt like someone had knocked the wind out of me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The United States was in the midst of the Civil War; slaves from Africa were not an option. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Octavian was in the midst of an audience. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At the end of 1666, in the midst of this inspired spell, Newton enjoyed his twenty-fourth birthday. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z They walked off along a forest path with Nhamo in their midst. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Change is gradual and incremental, and when one lives in the midst of one’s family, one rarely notices differences in them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of the tournament, someone asked how well he thought he’d do and he answered, “It’s a question of when I’ll crack up.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, there in the midst of all that confusion, he saw the most beautiful sword he had ever seen. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Coin and Gale are in the midst of some exchange that seems positively chummy. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In the midst of them, thin-stalked, a taller, slenderer fungus, the Charing-T Tower lifted towards the sky a disk of shining concrete. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He was bleeding slowly to death in the midst of abundance, for his life’s blood was poverty. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Were there more traitors in their midst? they wondered. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of all these hulking avatars, the newcomer is inconspicuous, a lean shadow. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The English for part of the poem goes like this: A lake of new milk I beheld In the midst of a fair plain. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of it all lay the demolished trunk, photographs scattered around it like confetti. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Within twenty-four hours the small provincial society world knew that an authentic count had arrived in their midst. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z However, it is to the best interests of the great work which we are dedicated to perform, that he continue undisturbed in these vain hopes while remaining as far as possible from our midst. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of this she ceased and went to the window and looked out toward her cabin, then she went to the door and opened it and shouted into the driving weather. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of all the commotion Mr. Dimming seemed to get an inspiration. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z There, in the midst of the straw, stood a cauldron. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z There were three lines of flat stepping-stones across the stream, and between them fords for horses, that went from either brink to a bare eyot in the midst. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But I had to tell the truth about it—Uncle Edisto always said, “The truth shines like a searchlight in the midst of the fog.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When I had almost reached them, Lucinda materialized in their midst, still smiling. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z We buried Minerva the day after, the Council holding ceremony and prayer, even in the midst of our escape. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Her father was in the midst of giving Mrs. Odom a bear hug. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And soon he could see Aslan himself in the midst of them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “I’m being ironic. Don’t interrupt a man in the midst of being ironic, it’s not polite. There!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z And in their midst was a man with golden hair, dressed in dark trousers and a light blue shirt open at the throat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The others poured through after him right into the midst of the other naked big shots. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Britain closes his eyes and stretches his arms out like he’s standing in the midst of one. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Standing on the platform in the midst of the crowd, high enough that they can be viewed clearly from all angles, are two figures, still as statues. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The old man’s words delighted the son of Odysseus, who kept his chair no longer but stood up, eager to speak, in the midst of all the men. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They began to cherish their husbands and wives, protect their children, repair their homes and in general band together against the devil in their midst. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They all said that it was remarkable good fortune to have such a wise chief in their midst. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Then Volta got serious in the midst of the revelry around them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Almost as galling as being discovered in the midst of an embrace.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In the midst of the Elmuthaleth, sky had met ground in an unbroken circle, flat and featureless, as far as the eye could see. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In the midst of more applause and photo snapping, her family rushes up, showering her with flowers and cheers. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthos lent him a hand to help him hack over the raiL For those few instants, Black Betba and White Hart were the calm eye in the midst of the storm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The greater number were on the right, where the Firienfeld was wider; and on the left there was a smaller camp, in the midst of which stood a tall pavilion. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The Brandenburg Gate, a monument to the city's former greatness, still stood in the middle of the city, in the midst of a no-man's-land between East and West. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s only there, in the midst of chaos, that I realize I forgot the stunner in the bathroom. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z In 1952, the year Perry completed his military service, the old man was in the midst of plans meant to end his travels forever. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems the boy is always running afoul of a pack of shamblers in the midst of his Missouri adventures, and the boy’s derring-do reminds me of my own exploits. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In their midst, Halsey Crunk stood with his arms outstretched, makeup glistening with sweat, face scrunched into a mask of despair. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But Benjamin pushed her aside and in the midst of a deadly silence he read: “ ‘Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler, Willingdon. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The big dog snarled, growled and dove into their midst. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z At the Crew House, Quackenbush, in the midst of some milling oarsmen in the damp main room, spotted me the instant I came in, with his dark expressionless eyes. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Otto swerved around a frozen cat and hopped the curb at Main Street, his brain straining in the midst of exhaustion. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It was while we were in the midst of this packing that Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Hu came calling. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt that the Company was too naked, afloat in little open boats in the midst of shelterless lands, and on a river that was the frontier of war. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In the midst of the tramping of boots, contradictory commands, cannon shots that made the earth tremble, wild shooting, and the senseless sound of cornets, the supposed Colonel Stevenson managed to speak to Arcadio. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She waved gaily, from the midst of students and a few parents, then quickly waddled over to us. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Slumped by the fire, in the midst of all of that shouting, was Dr. Trefusis, insensate, shivering though near flame, stubble upon his cheeks and chin, his scarce hair still clammy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And in the midst of it, Bono was given away as a Christmas gift to a trustee of the College. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They don’t look happy to have “the little kids” in their midst. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Uncle Hoskins had simply been plucked from our midst and we, figuratively, had fallen on our faces to avoid looking into that white-hot face of terror that we knew loomed somewhere above us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is difficult to see a situation for what it is when you are in the midst of it,” Tsukiko says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Here she was in the midst of it, hating it, scared of it, and again she thought of Sula as though they were still friends and talked things over. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And there in their midst was Sansa, dressed in sky- blue silk, with her long auburn hair washed and curled and silver bracelets on her wrists. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Halfway down the path to the beach, standing completely unharmed in the midst of a flock of killer sheep, was an old friend. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Dany had never felt so alone as she did seated in the midst of that vast horde. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The hero’s sword ran him through and he died in the midst of his prayer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, in the midst of my panic, I feel something. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But Booth will stop for an instant in the midst of all that rapid movement. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z There it is: a green bump in the distance, in the midst of the jewel-blue sea. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z "In the midst of life we are in death..." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I, too, was in the midst of a transition. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I was in the midst of several thousand acres of exquisitely pretty woodlands shared jointly by Worthington State Forest and the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Finally the Wicked One stood alone in the midst of the path. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Villagers are too busy shuffling along to notice a pickpocket in their midst. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z One could only imagine how His Grace had responded to the notion of a second wedding in the midst of his war. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the midst of the chaos in my mind, that’s the thought that calmed me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He saw, too, a turbulent stream with a great boulder in the midst of it. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z There was clearly a traitor in their midst. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Late afternoon: In the midst of preparing dinner, my mother would come up behind me while I was trying to read. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t realize it, but he was in the midst of an extraordinary time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I lay down in the darkness, in the midst of snores. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So many words were still unknown that when the butcher or the lady at the drugstore said something to me, exotic polysyllabic sounds would bloom in the midst of their sentences. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of this they lit a fire, for there was no hope that darkness and silence would keep their trail from discovery by the hunting packs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It will be almost impossible to clear a path through their midst, but it’s vital that Leale get Lincoln someplace warm and clean, immediately. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The lieutenant cleared his throat and started speaking in the midst of the cries, which eventually ceased as he went on. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z In the midst of the great company were ladies, pikemen, men at arms, and yeomen. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z In the midst of this chaos, I had found contentment. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In the distance could be dimly seen a line of bare cliffs, and in their midst, taller than the rest, one great grey wall. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z No one knew that better than Levi’s technical consultant, who managed to sneak in the occasional sponsored moment about the wonders of a career in the sciences in the midst of the building fun. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The day was bright but the tinted windows dimmed it, as if they were in the midst of a partial eclipse. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And since one didn’t easily escape from his mother in the midst of planting a half-acre of potatoes, he searched hurriedly for a way to turn the con-versation. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the ballparks, America was in the midst of a massive and uncertain shift. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Your newspaper is an insult to all white Americans who have pledged themselves to purge this menace from our midst. Please cancel my subscription as of this date and send refund immediately.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Rowan-trees grew about it, and in the midst was a wide flat stone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Particles of ash swirled loosely in their midst, but refused to coalesce. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They settled in any way they could, under planks of wood and pieces of cardboard, in the midst of garbage and despair. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought of the abbey, the monks, the rows of cribs, the wailing babies, and himself, silent in their midst. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Before Wang Lung could move in his horror, the horde was pouring past him into his own gates and he was powerless in their midst. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z In the midst of these men assembled for prayer, I felt like an observer, a stranger. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When Colonel Aureliano Buendía returned in the midst of exploding rockets and ringing bells, a children's chorus welcomed him to the house. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Furniture had indeed fallen; the place was a chaos of wrecked clocks and chairs, and in the midst of it the bulk of Tom Hustings lay, fallen on the smaller figure of Abanazer Bolger. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z She drove us to a white bungalow, three stories high, an oasis of calm in the midst of all the noise and bustle. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Tear gas canisters dropped in our midst like hailstones. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at Hatsue again where she stood in the midst of a small group of Japanese islanders who whispered softly to one another and peered at their watches and waited. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He had laughed in the midst of all his cares when Sam trotted out the old fireside rhyme of Oliphaunt, and the laugh had released him from hesitation. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Slowly, the chatter died down as they registered the presence of an intruder in their midst. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When Burkhart’s trial began, in late May, White found himself in the midst of an even greater crisis. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z As he spoke the car became one of many once again, dusk had fallen without my noticing it and we were in the midst of light and sound in the streets of Monte Carlo. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Then the shouting behind them stopped abruptly, and in the midst of the sudden silence came Mae’s voice, flat and cold. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They each seized a broomstick and kicked off into the air, soaring into the midst of the cloud of keys. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Even in the midst of this intense match, Miller was laughing as he caught his opponent in a hold and struggled to down him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In the midst of all his preoccupations, Harry had not forgotten his other ambition: finding out what Malfoy was up to in the Room of Requirement. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z In the midst of further fiddling that afternoon, a call came through from King’s. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The three Riders that were still in the midst of the Ford were overwhelmed: they disappeared, buried suddenly under angry foam. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In the midst of the pandemonium Gershom Bulkeley quietly reached for the copybook, studied it carefully, and turned a shrewd, deliberative eye upon Kit. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z They burnt the great thighbones and feasted at their ease on fresh roast meat, as in their midst the godlike harper sang— Demodokos, honored by all that realm. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z What heroes do we have within our midst? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z He stood in the midst of the temple with the other crewmembers, his face covered in soot, his clothes smouldering. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A single figure swathed in furs fired a rifle into the midst of them with a gaunt dog dæmon snarling and snapping beside him whenever one of the filthy things flew low enough. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Echoes of light, shining out of the midst of nothing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of all this soft chiming, one girl held out her wrist to her friends, like a lady recommending a perfume. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Onward and forward they went, moving toward the car, with Pita dancing in their midst. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z In the midst of this suburban void, my own flat Earth, I encountered Volpe. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Just at that moment, as Nivea would recall years later, in the midst of all that anxiety and silence, the voice of little Clara was heard in all its purity. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Rachael, in the bathroom, squeaked and hummed and splashed in the midst of a hot shower. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Occasionally a group of whales will leave their winter waters in the midst of a song and six months later return to continue at precisely the right note, as if there had been no interruption. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It first surfaced in the midst of a scorching workout alongside Howard’s excellent sprinter, Exhibit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Truth and love are Jesus in the midst of the poor.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of my pain of heart and frantic effort of principle, I abhorred myself. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “She didn’t say nothing about the calf,” Lyddie said suddenly in the midst of their sorrowful packing up. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z They were in the midst of terraforming the Amazon when Columbus showed up and ruined everything. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It’s bad enough that the great city of San Francisco should suffer the indignity of a maximum security federal penitentiary in its midst without being subject to these sorts of sick and dangerous shenanigans. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z What little was left had to be sought in the midst of the madness. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Scott Fischer’s team was a congenial and cohesive group; most of Pittman’s teammates took her idiosyncrasies in stride and seemed to have little trouble accepting her into their midst. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Yet in the midst of it all, Celie seemed strangely familiar. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In the midst of meeting new people and making plans, I forgot that my plan is to walk straight into a battle that could claim my life. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z They held each other, standing in the midst of the room. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z No one paid much attention to her, and if it hadn’t been for the cats she would have probably lived and died in our midst, mostly forgotten by the rest of us. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He stumbled on a ring still scorched by fire, and in the midst of it he found a pile of charred and broken bones and skulls. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z From the midst of the scrum, a light blue jersey leaped into the air; it was Kanue. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z A small, graceful Sherpani, she was in the midst of taking an order from a group of American trekkers. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of the preparations, Mr. Turner approached me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He found Francisco the Man, like a monolithic chameleon, sitting in the midst of a circle of bystanders. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And right there before me, in the midst of his workplace, he prayed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of all the hype surrounding school desegregation, I was beginning to think seriously about where I wanted to go to college myself within the next few years. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then all the Captains of the West cried aloud, for their hearts were filled with a new hope in the midst of darkness. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The country was in the midst of a recession in the summer of 1980 and interest rates were close to 20 percent. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of these gloomy thoughts he suddenly remembered that he was very hungry, and he got up to go and see if anyone else in this strange camp felt the same. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In the midst of that motley crowd, whose differences of values were on the verge of causing an internal explosion, one gloomy authority stood out: General Teófilo Vargas. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He was in the midst of it, dealing death with an axe as big as he was, fighting side by side with Barristan the Bold and Bittersteel as dragons wheeled across the sky above them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Their chief city was Osgiliath, Citadel of the Stars, through the midst of which the River flowed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In a barracks, two men were in the midst of a pillow fight. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z At one stage, when I happened to depart the room in the midst of an address by one of the German gentlemen, M. Dupont suddenly rose and followed me out. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of all the whirling noise of that supreme moment, Pollard felt peaceful. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the midst of all the cheering someone was screaming. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The king rode in the midst of the leading company, his household-men about him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Well, as alone as one could be in the midst of almost two hundred orphans and semiorphans between the ages of one and seventeen. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In the midst of the familiar refrain, a voice behind me broke from the chorus. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Clara asked, pausing in the midst of touching the baked goods next to her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z "And you thought it best to place me in the midst of this carnage, yet keep me ignorant of your plans." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I’d be working in the fields all day, right in the midst of so much photosynthesis, yet without any idea of what photosynthesis was. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z All the times we found each other in the midst of the crazy city. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of all this, someone told Deborah that as Henrietta’s next of kin, she could request a copy of her mother’s records from Hopkins to learn about her death. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Thus he stood forever, his undying throat always a thirst, his hunger in the midst of plenty never satisfied. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z During the Depression, in the midst of his doctoral studies at Harvard, he worked as a handicapper for a horse-racing syndicate and was so successful that he lived lavishly on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I collapse in the midst of the disaster I have created in the garage, and garbled noises crawl up my throat. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z They had come to the very midst of the Dead Marshes, and it was dark. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The familiar constellations must have been reassuring in the midst of an unexplored ocean. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Wellington, returning from town, suddenly appeared in the midst of this commotion, and his arrival shook us considerably. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The golden godson managed to look dashing even in the midst of a desert crossing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In the midst of the laughing and thumping, Palmer caught their eyes drifting upward. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Great engines crawled across the field; and in the midst was a huge ram, great as a forest-tree a hundred feet in length, swinging on mighty chains. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z And in the midst of his flood of pleasure a sorrow came down on him and a sense of loss, of dreadful loss. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They were rewarded for leaving their firesides when the Riddles’ cook arrived dramatically in their midst and announced to the suddenly silent pub that a man called Frank Bryce had just been arrested. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Nevertheless,” said Nathan, “they will be back; for you may be sure they did not take so much trouble only to leave a shell in our midst. Therefore it is well to accept these things.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of the ladies’ shrieky laughter and the men’s guffaws and haws, Dr. Slaughter hurried in. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She was interrupted in the midst of these uneasy speculations by the sound of the telephone bell ringing in the other room. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were closed now, but except for that, he looked more than ever like a marionette, a marionette flung carelessly into a corner, arms and legs every which way midst tangled strings. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z At length in the midst of the blackness I heard Selvam speaking and I opened my eyes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Once well-formed, they were now no larger than they’d been in the midst of puberty. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was early morning on a cloudy day, and we were in the midst of a storm of flying fish. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Farther along, beyond their comparatively modest houses, the street broadened and the grand villas of judges and officials rose on either side in the midst of large gardens and vineyards. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z This apparatus enabled him to intercept a few coherent messages in the midst of a deafening roar from across the sea. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as Taran drew his bow, Adaon was in the midst of the Huntsmen, striking left and right with his blade. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of silence Lyra stood by Lanre’s body and spoke his name. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z No one, in the midst of all this merriment, heard the Pea. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The human being, even in the midst of people, spends nine-tenths of his time alone with the private voices of his own head. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She said that white towns had simply banded together to rid themselves of the black stronghold in their midst. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Who was I in the midst of all of this? Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z There it pooled, relaxed, cleansed itself, and bubbled into laughter at the sheer joy of having us in its midst. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The animals all asked Dog how he remained so well in the midst of famine. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The discovery that a wild carnivore was free in their midst created an uproar among the citizens of Zurich. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It clanked on the sidewalk, and even in the midst of the noise of the crowd, it got the attention of people surrounding him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But almost before they had begun to scatter, into their midst bounded a great black dog, snapping, biting and chasing hither and thither like a fox in a chicken run. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And I’d know that I was still on the track of learning about Bigger, still in the midst of the modern struggle for solidarity among men. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He quaked with dread, but in the midst of it he remembered something. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I knew that if weren’t for Faizah working with me, supporting me, and keeping me sane in the midst of all the craziness, I wouldn’t be in Rio. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Not one of them seemed to have noticed that a fourteen-year-old boy had just dropped from the ceiling into their midst. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In the midst of painting the blacking on his worn shoes he looked sideways up at her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z You don’t really understand the ocean until you are in the midst of it, nothing but ocean on all sides, stretching away endlessly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We could not continue our march; but stopped in the midst of the road, and all swayed, as were we confronted with some great gulf or precipice before us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The hordes are engrossed by something in their midst. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of all this, as the workload increased, Burnham realized he could put off no longer the hiring of a designer to replace his beloved John Root. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In the midst of all the postmortem ratiocination, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that climbing mountains will never be a safe, predictable, rule-bound enterprise. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z There he was, in the midst of a few other regulars, telling one of his air force stories. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Most of us were simply wrapped too tightly in the grip of summit fever to engage in thoughtful reflection about the death of someone in our midst. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I'm in the midst of taking a quaff of my ale and I nearly spit it all over the table. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I was in the midst of prayer when suddenly there was shouting in the streets. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And it is this new form of life that has grown up here in our midst that puzzles us, that expresses itself, like a weed growing from under a stone, in terms we call crime. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Unable to sleep, I sat midst the swarming darkness, starting at every random rustling and crackling that came to ear. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “It’s no town, I guess. Jest a little church near Pittsburg Landing that got caught up in the midst of all the fightin’.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z At the next corner a man was beating a small boy brutally in the midst of an immobile crowd of adult spectators who made no effort to intervene. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Wrenching open the back door, Harry hurtled into their midst. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z If you’ve ever listened to a tape of an officer broadcasting in the midst of pursuit, you can hear it in the voice. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z In the midst of them was a cart, a long leiter-wagon which swept from side to side, like a dog’s tail wagging, with each stern inequality of the road. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Then in the midst of the pandemonium over Gettysburg another Union victory was announced: Vicksburg had fallen! Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t know it, but he was in the midst of a coordinated assault. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Gandalf came flying down the steps and fell to the ground in the midst of the Company. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But now, in the midst of two dozen teasing, laughing people, he must kiss her and make a joke of it. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Donavan. In the midst of the mayhem, earlier today, the governor had this to say.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In the midst of the noisy chaos, Kira saw a small figure dart in among the men and grab a spear. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of all this preparation Kit silently made her own plans. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z If too many of the dragon-teeth men rushed to attack him, he must throw a stone into their midst, which would make them turn against each other and fight until all were killed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Things tend to get worse, not better, and knowing how unbalanced I’d felt being in the midst of the fray, I couldn’t imagine the state of the streets right now. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z On foot, in the dark, in the midst of thousands of people, anything could happen that night. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The church directed soldiers to crush “enemies” in their midst—people who questioned or did not follow church doctrine, women who were suspected of witchcraft, and commoners in general. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I raise my eyes, I let them move round, and turn myself with them, one circle, one circle, and I stand in the midst: All is as usual. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in the midst of his panic, Winston was too much taken aback to be able to hold his tongue. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He hung in the midst of a sea of bones, with the blue sky visible through a fretwork of ribs and vertebrae. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dragons old and young, true and false, bright and dark. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of all.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the midst of the crowd, I overhear the Khmer men discussing how the Youns are there to protect us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There the stair was covered by a small domed chamber in the midst of the roof, with low doors facing east and west. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The Party Pony army exploded into our midst in a riot of colors: tie-dyed shirts, rainbow Afro wigs, oversize sunglasses, and war-painted faces. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z In the midst of his laughter he stopped and said sternly to Adam, “You get that book under the seat and you study up. Hear me?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The Washington boys arrived in Poughkeepsie early in the morning on June 14, in the midst of a summer thunderstorm. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Even in the midst of war, certain decencies needed to be observed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I was in the midst of a conversation with Bongo, who had just pointed out to me that I was a year older. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z In the midst of it all, Afghanistan was forgotten. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous farms, with fields of grain and hillsides of orchards where, in spring, white clouds of bloom drifted above the green fields. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The mouths on the masks were wide open, as if in the midst of a scream. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z In the midst of her burning words her voice broke. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt her Mist disguise burn away until she was just Piper again - one girl in the midst of an army of giants, her jagged bronze blade like a toothpick compared to their massive weapons. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It’s designed to give the patients a sense of freedom and open air in the midst of claustrophobic sterility. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z In the midst of it there stood a single stone, standing tall under the sun above, and at this hour casting no shadow. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She just stood next to the door, nose an inch away from wood, hand on the knob, as though she had fallen asleep in the midst of opening the door. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I burrowed my way into the middle of the group to the warmest spot in the midst of the bodies. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The room was dark, but strands of light streamed in through the blinds—cracks of brightness and swirling dust in the midst of all this empty—and I could read the titles on the bookshelf. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes it was in the midst of the spring rains, other times after harvest. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We could be in the midst of an alien invasion and Tim would be like, “Cool.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z If they were to materialize in our midst today, those among us without true knowledge of our religion would rush to authenticate them as exemplary Muslims, based on their appearance. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z They held their great shields above them like a roof, while in their midst they bore two trunks of mighty trees. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The demigods of Camp Half-Blood were on our own with a spy in our midst. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Rapid movement was a relief in the midst of so much feeling. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t long before Jonathan was marching in their midst. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z But in the midst of all that thunder, all that news assaulting our ears, we heard not a word. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In their midst rode a lady with her attendants. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The sister, in the midst of her sobbing, shook her hand energetically as a sign that there was no point thinking of that. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z I pictured the fox leaping, snarling, into the midst of the iron monsters, and I frowned, but Chestnutt didn’t notice and kept talking. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Not only did Inka infantrymen have to overcome their initial stupefaction, their leaders had to reinvent their military tactics while in the midst of an invasion. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I would sooner have a piece of you,” he whispered, “the sweet piece that’s—” Something flew from the brush to land with a soft thump in their midst, bumping and bouncing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the midst of the happy, talkative commotion, I remember thinking, This is so my scene. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Ten of the penguins now formed in a semicircle as Nelson and Columbus in their midst put on a wild sparring contest. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly he was in the midst of the warriors. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “I must not hope to be ever situated as you are, in the midst of every dearest connexion, and therefore I cannot expect that simply growing older should make me indifferent about letters.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Grabbing hold of facts in the midst of shock is very Erudite of him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Said the first, “A man should never be embarrassed in the midst of pilfering.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In the midst of the excitement of the family the scandalization of Úrsula, the joy of the people cramming the street to watch that apotheosis of squandering. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z We were now in the midst of student protesters on a street lined with tall buildings. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She was in the midst of laughing, her head thrown back and one hand catching a lock of hair that had slipped from her hijab. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z In the midst of despair Lyra fell across Lanre’s body and wept his name. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear,” says Four. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In the midst of all this killing and looting, all this ugliness, it was a harmless thing to sit here beneath a tree and kiss Tariq. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z In the midst of calling Jesus they heard the hollow clang of the ambulance bell struggling up the hill, but not the “Help me, ya’ll” that the dying woman whispered. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of the noise, Miles gave a mighty heave. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “There,” he said, pointing to a long bee in the midst of all the others making their way across the sheet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z About her feet in wide vessels of green and brown earthenware, white water-lilies were floating, so that she seemed to be enthroned in the midst of a pool. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But the carbon fibers, usually 500 microns apart, now had a gap eight times that width in their midst. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The Handsome One imitated Father’s unhappy sigh perfectly, and Father enjoyed having a fellow complainer in our midst. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “Yesterday, in the midst of the heat and the flames, Stella Mills showed absolute bravery and courage as she ran toward the fire to rescue little Hazel Spencer.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z In the midst of a few foreign acres teeming with more than two hundred people, he had succeeded in becoming a recluse. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Only Katherine would have a tantrum in the midst of fleeing for her life. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A week ago, a student was taken from our midst. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He served secretly as a Patriot agent in France, in the midst of French and British spies. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Decline can be a hard thing to measure, especially when you’re in the midst of it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As unreal as it seemed in the midst of our troubles, that glorious ordinary life went on without us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of this section, a driveway went off. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Spurge did look, and he saw that there, in the midst of the plain, a goblin army was on the march. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Having no success finding a home in the midst of the crowd, and with no tent for shelter, we settle under a tree at the edge of camp with a few other orphans. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the gravesite there is only an open lawn in the midst of other old graves. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “How,” he said, “can I possibly make the Dean of Studies understand that there is a divinity in our midst?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes he was so forgotten in the midst of the melee that he could help people escape. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z In the midst of all this, the young women who wanted to fly for the Soviet Union had to travel in to Moscow before they traveled out. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Peru was in the midst of a civil war between the government and theShining Path guerilla movement, and on midnight one New Year’s Eve, while Father Jack was saying Mass, the pharmacy was blown up. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z What sort of girl leaves a promissory note in the midst of a bloodbath? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She was the last thing anybody expected to rise up out of Texas in the midst of the Iraq War: a strawberry-blond, whip-smart Democrat with high heels, an unapologetic drawl, and a little biracial family. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They can feel the Lord in their midst. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z In the midst of evil you want to be a good man. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Sliding his finger casually under the trigger guard, Butler strode into their midst. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The SRC elections were held in the final term of the year, while we were in the midst of examination preparations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I fall asleep in the midst of these vain prayers, and when I awaken, my knees ache from the cold stone floor and my hands are numb. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And he was in the midst of it, wanting again to let his body taste of that short respite of rest he had felt after talking with Max. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He vanished into the midst of the advancing crowd, all of whom were holding daggers and who accepted him without question. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We Navajos did the Yet it Bicheii, our ceremonial dance that honors the Holy People and brings them into our midst. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Shakespeare called the full stop a period in A Midsummer Night’s Dream when he described nervous players “making periods in the midst of sentences”. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z In the midst of all that was more important, I hated him to see me covered in rags and cinders. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of the crowd, our wagon passes the Khmer Rouge village without stopping. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s that he thought it was inappropriate in the midst of battle, where the uncertainties of war and the pressures of time made it impossible to compare options carefully and calmly. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Even in the midst of the madness, many people came for his burial. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Since the beginning of time, everyone, especially the Irish, had loved and cared for the singer in their midst. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In their midst, watching and laughing with his young queen by his side, sat a ghost in a golden crown. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The CIA also admitted that, in the midst of the War on Drugs, it blocked law enforcement efforts to investigate illegal drug networks that were helping to fund its covert war in Nicaragua. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He looked like one of those prophets of old, alw'ays in the midst of his people w'hen they needed to be consoled. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Io moves in an orbit so close to Jupiter that it plows through the midst of this intense radiation, creating cascades of charged particles, which in turn generate violent bursts of radio energy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of this, they contacted both the United States and Japanese embassies in Reykjavik to protest Fischer’s incarceration. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She would experience harmony of being in the midst of the changes and unrest that life inevitably brings. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And so at length Éomer and Aragorn met in the midst of the battle, and they leaned on their swords and looked on one another and were glad. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I was in the midst of writing a novel and he was calling me from it to tabulate the price of groceries. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘We didn’t know we had an artist in our midst’ . Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a row of bushes that almost completely hid the muzzle flashes coming from their midst. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mina is now sleeping like a little child; it is a wonderful thing that her faculty of sleep remains to her in the midst of her terrible trouble. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He glowed in the midst of it, hairy, happy. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of 1951 the world was in the midst of the biggest polio epidemic in history. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes she awoke gasping for air as if she had been in the midst of a nightmare, but she could not remember what she had dreamed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z How was I going to start my own clothing line while in the midst of trying to qualify for an Olympic team? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Somewhere, in the midst of all my fretting and fleeing, I turned eighteen today. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked into rooms where people were laughing, their voices hitting the walls like stones, and I simply stood still—in the midst of the riot of sound. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of this reverie, I heard a car pull into the driveway. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z “I want to believe it,” he said, “but I don’t. I think we’re in the midst of an awful crumble.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The four-story farmhouse we called the Big House sat proudly in the midst of the strawberry fields. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She put her hands on her hips, threw back her head, and called on all the gods and neighbors to come and witness the dog- things in their midst. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But still, in the midst of the unknown, she has hopes and dreams. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I revived you when your neck was broken, and I am in the midst of reviving you now. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was an odd manuscript; in the midst of the profoundest personal tragedy, sinking into economic ruin, he wrote brilliantly funny columns. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When she looked again, Viserys was gone, great columns of flame rose all around, and in the midst of them was the dragon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But suave comrades from his suburban youth come by to shake hands, as if he had never left their silver midst. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And at the end of it, Mrs. Owens announced: “If you haven’t already heard, we have a bona fide hero in our midst this morning. Brady Parks.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z In the midst of all this controversy, Walter White and Sol Hurok began to discuss the possibility of a free outdoor concert by Anderson. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z And they saw that in the midst of the eyot a mound was piled, ringed with stones, and set about with many spears. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Even now, in the midst of a full-fledged crisis, Katherine has managed to retain her deportment. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “We’re taking that literally. The simulation will teach you to control your emotions in the midst of a frightening situation.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Some were lucky and had a professional or two in their midst. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw the scarred woman standing proudly in their midst beside her son, and the people of Village gathered to listen. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Cluny was being borne upon the plank in the midst of his army. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In the midst of the voices and the hands Ben sat, rapt in his sweet blue gaze. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I was in the midst of peeling an orange when all at once I had company. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z That poet she met at Lucinda's party the night before argued that no matter how much of it one lost, in the midst of some profound emotion, one would revert to one's mother tongue. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In the midst of a nasty gale, he heard Jimmy L yelling at him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The words must have elicited from Poillon a knowing, if wry, smile; in the midst of his travails, Lawrence was looking ahead to the time when the cyclotron’s inconstancy would be merely a quaint memory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In the midst of all the excitement, my little sister, saying not a word, climbed down from her chair. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z How do you feel safe when there are grizzlies in your midst? 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