Your gift was like discovery of an oasis in the midst of a desert.
Source: tatoeba (246376)
Midst
//mɪdst//
Synonyms for "midst" (40 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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Translations
26 translations across 13 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- في نص prep (in the middle of)
- فِي مُنْتَصَف prep (in the middle of)
- وَسْطَ prep (in the middle of)
Armenian
1 entries- մեջտեղ noun (place in the middle of something)
Bulgarian
2 entries- среда noun (place in the middle of something)
- сред prep (in the middle of)
Egyptian
1 entries- q-A-b-F46:Y1 noun (place in the middle of something)
Finnish
4 entries- keskus noun (place in the middle of something)
- keskusta noun (place in the middle of something)
- sisin noun (place in the middle of something)
- ydin noun (place in the middle of something)
French
2 entries- centre noun (place in the middle of something)
- milieu noun (place in the middle of something)
German
3 entries- Mitte noun (place in the middle of something)
- Mitten noun (place in the middle of something)
- inmitten prep (in the middle of)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌰 noun (place in the middle of something)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مركز noun (place in the middle of something)
Russian
2 entries- середина noun (place in the middle of something)
- среди́ prep (in the middle of)
Sicilian
2 entries- centru noun (place in the middle of something)
- menzu noun (place in the middle of something)
Spanish
1 entries- centro noun (place in the middle of something)
Ukrainian
2 entries- сере́дина noun (place in the middle of something)
- серед prep (in the middle of)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Suddenly Nancy screamed in the midst of silence.
Source: tatoeba (272069)
He fainted in the midst of his speech.
Source: tatoeba (290319)
It is a pity that some people starve to death even in the midst of plenty.
Source: tatoeba (321092)
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