How do you use the word "among" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "among": You can number me among your friends. You are now among the elite.

Among Meaning

/əˈmʌŋ/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

prepOf a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).

prepOf a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)., Associated with or living alongside (other people or things).

Sentence Examples

You can number me among your friends.

You are now among the elite.

The news caused great excitement among her friends.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The old book was found ____ the dusty boxes in the attic.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The secret was hidden ____ the many books on the library shelves.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Old English mang Old English ġemang Old English onġemang Old English amang Middle English among English among The preposition is derived from Middle English among, amang, amange, amonge (“in the presence of, amid, among; in, within; between; during”), from Old English amang, onġemang (preposition), from on (“on, among, in”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”)) + ġemang (“crowd; mixture”, noun) (from ġe- (prefix forming nouns denoting association or similarity) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”)) + mang- (from mængan, mengan (“to mingle, mix”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to knead; to press”))). By surface analysis, a- (prefix meaning ‘at; in; on’) + mong (“crowd, throng; group”). The adverb is derived from Middle English among, amang (“accompanied by, along with, by the side of, in association with, together; all the while, continually; also, besides; at the same time; from time to time, occasionally; meanwhile; within”), from Old English onġemang (adverb): see further above. cognates * Dutch mank, maank (“among”) * German mang (“among”) (dialectal) * German Low German mank, manken (“among”) * Saterland Frisian monk, monken (“among”) * West Frisian mank (“among”)

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"And Adam hyd him ſelf with his wyfe [Eve], from the preſence of yͤ LORDE God amonge the trees of the garden." — 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Genesis iij:[8], folio ij, recto, column 2:

"As for the former [seaweed] called Zoſter, it is found among the ſhelves and ſhallovv vvaters not farre from the ſhore: both the one and the other appeare in the Spring, and be gone in the Autumne." — 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XIII.] Of Shrubs and Trees Growing in Our Mediterranean Sea, in the Red Sea, and the Indian Sea.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 401:

"They [vinellos] are commo[n]ly ſold for 3 pence a Cod among the Spaniards in the VVeſt-Indies, and are ſold by the Druggiſt, for they are much uſed among Chocolate to perfume it." — 1697, William Dampier, chapter VIII, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, page 235:

"When the good man skulked towards the boxes appointed for the Lacedemonians, that honest people, more virtuous than polite, rose up all to a man, and with the greatest respect received him among them." — 1711 March 17 (Gregorian calendar), [Richard Steele], “TUESDAY, March 7, 1710–1711”, in The Spectator, number 6; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 113:

"She follovved the nuns to a chapel vvhere they uſually performed their devotions, and vvas there ſeated among the novices." — 1797, Ann Radcliffe, chapter VIII, in The Italian, or The Confessional of the Black Penitents. A Romance. […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Cadell Jun. and W[illiam] Davies (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, page 216:

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