Sentence examples for midst of which from inspiring English sources

We visit this park and confront not nature, but managed nature, in the midst of which we find nearly unmanageable human controversies.

He moves towards a great cairn of papers by the window, from the midst of which he pulls an old menu.

In central Tana, third world gave way to modern city, in the midst of which stood the venerable Hotel Colbert, Tana at its most French.

In the midst of which, not incidentally, he wrote a scholarly book about Tudor tapestries that is apparently the last word on the topic.

The affair precipitated Farrow and Allen's separation and an acrimonious custody battle over their three shared children, in the midst of which Allen allegedly molested Dylan.

In 1739 he embarked with his Eton schoolmate, the poet Thomas Gray (later to write "An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard"), on a grand tour of France and Italy, in the midst of which they quarrelled and separated.

Pedestrians walking through Times Square often pause to glance up at the array of neon and electronic billboards in their midst, many of which combine the names and logos of well-known companies with conspicuous and innovative visual images.

All over the country, towns and villages have made accommodations with the ancient stones in their midst, some of which remain lovingly venerated by locals, while others have suffered more ignominious fates.

"It's because I wear suits on the show," he said, "and I walk calmly in the midst of chaos, which makes me seem manly".

These restrictions often made it impossible to photograph in the midst of conflict, which is why many of the images from this period are of camp life and battle aftermaths.

Maybe their values gave them that equanimity in the midst of catastrophe which I wished I could model.