How to use "midst" in a sentence

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One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity

But I do venture to suggest that it will be highly unconstitutional in the midst of this unconstitutional Government, - in the midst of a nation which has built up its magnificent constitution, - for the people of India to become weak and to crawl on their belly - it will be highly unconstitutional for the people of India to pocket every insult that is offered to them; it is highly unconstitutional for the 70 millions of Mohammedans of India to submit to a violent wrong done to their religion; it is highly unconstitutional for the whole of India to sit still and cooperate with an unjust Government which has trodden under its feet the honour of the Punjab.

I am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a stricken nation in the midst of a stricken world may require

"Joking in the midst of disaster," she said.