Sample sentences for FORTHWITH

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Definition

immediately — (most typically seen in legal documents, formal use, or classic literature)

The judge ordered her release "forthwith."

forthwith = immediately

The resolution calls upon the country to "cease hostilities forthwith."

forthwith = immediately

A lane was forthwith opened through the crowd of spectators.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

forthwith = immediately

I set to work upon my preparations forthwith.
H.G. Wells -- The Invisible Man

forthwith = immediately

"I pray you," answered the minister, "if thou hast any means of pacifying the child, do it forthwith!"
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

forthwith = immediately

On my life, Hester, I made my intreaty to the worshipful magistrate that it might be done forthwith.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

forthwith = immediately

But she comes at a good time, and we will look into this matter forthwith.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

forthwith = immediately

As he spoke, he laid his long fore-finger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red hot.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

forthwith = immediately

Then flinging the already written pages of the Election Sermon into the fire, he forthwith began another, which he wrote with such an impulsive flow of thought and emotion, that he fancied himself inspired; and only wondered that Heaven should see fit to transmit the grand and solemn music of its oracles through so foul an organ pipe as he.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

forthwith = immediately

They resolved forthwith to make a pilgrimage to Florida, and quaff at morning, noon, and night, from the Fountain of Youth.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
He warned the men that unless they produced Okonkwo forthwith he would lock them all up.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart
Hagrid, please tell the Heads of Houses — Slughorn can represent Slytherin — that I want to see them in my office forthwith.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
He went to Canada forthwith, and I have not since heard from him.
Harriet Jacobs -- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched With a woeful agony, Which forced me to begin my tale; And then it left me free.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge -- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
There they stood, five altogether: the parson, the clerk, the couple, and Gillingham; and the holy ordinance was resolemnized forthwith.
Thomas Hardy -- Jude the Obscure
The wagonette was paid off and ordered to return to Coombe Tracey forthwith, while we started to walk to Merripit House.
Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Hound of the Baskervilles
I decided to send his references to the Communist party for checking and forthwith named him for membership in the club.
Richard Wright -- Black Boy
Upon the same plea, he told me to bring my tools and clothing home forthwith.
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
_ "Well, thank God," said I, "but pray let us weigh anchor forthwith.
Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe
Get you to bed on the instant; I will be returned forthwith: dismiss your attendant there: look't be done.
William Shakespeare -- Othello, the Moor of Venice

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