in the midst of battle
Example Sentences
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Yavar wonders aloud how in the midst of battle he found time to sit and write this when he had to be up again at five in the morning.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025
A pious man who frequently stopped in the midst of battle to perform the required daily prayers, Aurangzeb sought to eliminate all non-Islamic practices from his court.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
It was Jones, a native of Scotland, who famously yelled in the midst of battle with a British warship whose captain demanded surrender: “I have not yet begun to fight!”
From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2018
It’s a stylish, penatly-free way to switch characters in the midst of battle, but that’s all it is: a tactically shallow freebie KO.
From Time • Jun. 19, 2015
It’s that he thought it was inappropriate in the midst of battle, where the uncertainties of war and the pressures of time made it impossible to compare options carefully and calmly.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
