посреди́

fairly common #3038C1

preposition

1.
in the middle of, amid
Посреди́ ко́мнаты стоит большо́й стол.
There is a big table in the middle of the room.
Used with the genitive; also of time: посреди ночи 'in the middle of the night'.
2.
(rare) in the middle
Тро́е лежа́ли посреди́, остальные по края́м.
Three were lying in the middle, the rest at the edges.
Adverbial use, without a following noun.

Examples

Я просну́лся посреди но́чи.
I woke up in the middle of the night.
Су́дно опроки́нулось посреди океа́на.
The ship capsized in the middle of the ocean.
Странный шум встревожил маму посреди ночи
A strange noise disturbed Mom in the middle of the night.
Маши́на останови́лась посреди дороги.
The car stopped in the middle of the road.
Дети вбежа́ли в ко́мнату, посреди кото́рой стоя́ла ёлка.
The children ran into the room, in the middle of which stood a fir tree.
Я впервые шумлю́ посреди но́чи.
This is the first time I've ever made noise in the middle of the night.
У нас зако́нчился бензи́н посреди пустыни.
We ran out of gas in the middle of the desert.
Мне пришло́сь поки́нуть теа́тр посреди конце́рта.
I had to leave the theatre in the middle of the concert.