Eighteen months later, the XUV500 was born amidst carefully calibrated hype.

But do you honestly think that anyone not born amidst the tall corn could possibly have my accent?

Woo was born amidst the chaos of the Chinese Civil War in 1946.

We are old friends now, united in that unchangeable friendship which is born and cemented amidst extreme dangers.

"The worst practitioners of violence today were born amidst the violence of the past, and that gives you pause," he said.

Mr. Reichert said the environmental trust was "born amidst a climate of criticism from many of the national environmental groups."

Every novel of his that he spoke about began with a germ of an idea born amidst the banality of everyday life.

Griffin was born near Palos Verdes amidst the surfing culture of southern California.

Elsie, on the contrary, had been born in a comfortable farmhouse, amidst homeliness and abundance.

Evans was born in San Diego amidst the surfing culture of southern California.