George W. Bush

I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.

American President

Faith Hill

I think what makes our marriage work amid all the glare is that my husband is my best friend. He inspires everything in my life and enables me to do the best that I can. I want to hang out with him more than anyone.

American Musician

Adrianne Lenker

Mostly I've just been stealing little moments for myself in order to write - in the bathroom at a hotel, or just slipping away for a half an hour. Amidst all of the touring, life has been happening.

Sandra Tsing Loh

I find I'm the sort of harried working mother who has difficulty scheduling in a bit of rest amid the Ptolemaically complicated interlocking gears of professional and personal life.

American Writer

Tim O'Brien

There's something about being amid the chaos and the horror of a war that makes you appreciate all you don't have - and all you may lose forever.

American Author

Sophocles

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.

Greek Poet

Felicia Hemans

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

British Poet

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

German Philosopher

David Hume

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

Scottish Philosopher

Joseph B. Wirthlin

You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you.

American Businessman

Use 'amid' when something is physically enveloped by things or space.

Physical Surroundedness

'Amid' can describe being in the thick of abstract situations or emotions.

Figurative Usage

Use 'amid' to highlight something unexpected in a particular context or setting.

Unexpectedness

Use 'amid' to indicate when an action takes place during an ongoing event or time.

Temporal Context

'Amid' can describe actions that happen as a situation unfolds or develops.

Event Progression

'Amid' often highlights a contrast between calm and chaos or turmoil.

Calm Within Storm

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 and learn about cultures from all over the world and appreciate those cultures, and understand even your own culture from what other people are doing. There's so much beauty here amid all this pain and I just want to peel away

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 But he was also leaving those behind with everyone that he'd interacted with. We love unlikely friendships when they look like this. We've just forgotten how to make them. And amid the cacophony of cable news

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 because amidst those harsh conditions, I felt like I stumbled onto one of the last quiet places, somewhere that I found a clarity and a connection with the world I knew I would never find on a crowded beach.

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 Yeah, the scale of that is incredible, and amidst all the bad news that's happening, it's kind of amazing that this intervention can save so many lives. I mean, help us understand what a vaccine is.

The quest for the...

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Is life meaningless? And...

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