He was sitting between Ali and Mohammed

I saw something lying between the wheels of the train

Switzerland lies between France, Italy, Austria and Germany


2 She was standing laughing among a crowd of journalists

We found a little house hidden among the trees.


We say that something is between two or more objects, people, and countries and so on when we see the surrounding objects etc separately, there are not very many of them, and each one is clearly distinct from the others.


Among can be used to mean “one of”, “some of”, or “included in”.


Among the first to arrive was the Fantasian ambassador.

He has a number of criminals among his friends.


For further information see:


Practical English Usage, Michael Swan, Oxford University Press