amidst

[uh-midst] /əˈmɪdst/
preposition
1.
amid.
Origin
1250-1300; Middle English amiddes; see amid, -s1; for -t see against, amongst, etc.
Examples from the web for amidst
  • Tossed on the bottom of the cage amidst feces was chicken feed mainly consisting of corn.
  • Burning helped to preserve the rich trove of artifacts found amidst the charred floor materials.
  • First, during fever, all the body's functions are occurring amidst increased physiologic stress.
  • He respect the demonstrators enough to avail himself for a talk amidst his tight schedule.
  • amidst the gloom, there was also real anger on display tonight.
  • So much of human genius is unintentional, is stumbled upon, and found amidst the ruins of dead traditions and full-proof plans.
  • Yet there has been one constant amidst those shifting tides.
  • These people have been given an extraordinary amount of freedom to work-and to tout for business-amidst the world's tragedies.
  • One of the biggest problems for medics is locating a soldier's wound and determining his vital signs amidst battlefield chaos.
  • For now though, it makes more sense to get up to steam amidst the myriad possibilities our inner and outer planets present.
British Dictionary definitions for amidst

amid

/əˈmɪd/
preposition
1.
in the middle of; among
Word Origin
Old English on middan in the middle; see mid1
Word Origin and History for amidst
prep.

a variant of amid (q.v.) with adverbial genitive -s and parasitic -t. Amidde became amyddes (13c.) and acquired a -t by 1560s, probably by association with superlatives in -st.

There is a tendency to use amidst more distributively than amid, e.g. of things scattered about, or a thing moving, in the midst of others. [OED]