Word Finder - among

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Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)

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How can you speak with authority about their customs when you have never lived among them?

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Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.

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He is among the few who completely understand the subject.

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Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.

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Lactose intolerance is common among people of Asian heritage.

The bees were buzzing among the flowers.

Iliana has been a favorite among them.

I'm happy you're among us.

He smiled, revealing fangs among the neat row of white teeth.

The sailors divided his money among themselves; and the ship sailed on.

We'd discussed this point among ourselves numerous times over the past months.

Jule is still not in favor among my kind.

But the five phenomena I chose to tackle in this book are among the great blights on humanity that I believe the Internet and technology will help solve.

The people, with Petya among them, rushed toward the balcony.

Among Mrs. Marsh's attributes was mind reading.

Two childish voices laughed merrily at this action, and Dorothy was sure they were in no danger among such light-hearted folks, even if those folks couldn't be seen.

He strolled among the self-conscious pets and people, smiling and looking until he was sure she wasn't there.

Perhaps we may see that wolf among the trees.

You have a rare ability among our kind.

The last thing she wanted was rivalry among the men.

No such system of laws controls relations among nations, no significant world police force exists, and the world court system is very weak.

In the past, we simply had division of labor among people.

I thought how strange it was that such precious seeds of truth and wisdom should have fallen among the tares of ignorance and corruption.

You will find much of your power diminished, especially among those who used to bow to you.

At under five and a half feet, she wasn't sure how she was supposed to find her brother among the people around her.

I am proud to count him among my friends.

The men spoke among themselves, swapping war stories and discussing the Tucson Sector's influx of vamps.

But unlike the floating package that danced among the rocks, the tin had not floated away.

Among the servants there was a little page whose name was Carl.

It's an honor to be among the first to welcome you officially to the family.

He was the only neutral party among our father.s sons.

Several persons, among them the elderly lady and Anna Pavlovna, did however smile.

The glimmering lights were nestled among rocks and dirt.

Pretty sure he's the only one among us who was able to out-manipulate her.

Something was moving among the rocks at the bottom of the chasm.

Among the Russian prisoners rescued by Denisov and Dolokhov was Pierre Bezukhov.

I don't know who among us was the most nervous.

Among the rest was a dried tapeworm.

Among the places I visited were West Point, Tarrytown, the home of Washington Irving, where I walked through "Sleepy Hollow."

They belong to the rich man who lives in the big white house there among the trees.

As he was being led up to some object he noticed a hesitation and uncertainty among his conductors.

Among the watchers at Charlestown was a brave young man named Paul Revere.

I have made some sacrifices to a sense of duty, and among others have sacrificed this pleasure also.

They say there are Italian girls among them.

So he rattled on, telling all the gossip he had heard among the orderlies.

Everything the vines touched they crushed, and our adventurers were indeed thankful to have escaped being cast among them.

He gave these to a shepherd and ordered him to bring them up among his sheep, far from the homes of men.

He sends soldiers among us to take away our liberty.

He remembered that he had seen many bees flying among these flowers and gathering honey from them.

All through the night he sat among the abbey cows, and sang his wonderful song.

It should be noted that the Byzantines were among the most civilized people in all the world at that time.

Among those whom Julie's guests happened to choose to gossip about were the Rostovs.

In three carriages involved among the munition carts, closely squeezed together, sat women with rouged faces, dressed in glaring colors, who were shouting something in shrill voices.

Anyway, among the wacko postings, I found this site.

There was a traitor among the fifty-odd death-dealers he had above ground, and he'd assigned twelve-hour shifts to keep an eye on the apartment where he sent Deidre.