Sample Sentences for
however
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(editor-reviewed)

however as in:  However, complications may...

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Most college application deadlines are in January and February. However, early admission deadlines are around November and some scholarships require even earlier deadlines.
however = despite that (a transition word use to connect contrasting ideas)
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    I hope to take the ACT just once. However, I will take it early, so there is time to study and take it again if my scores aren't high enough.
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    Most college application deadlines are in January and February. Early admission deadlines, however, are around November, and some scholarships require even earlier deadlines.
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    However, I'm available and willing to represent Starr on my own.  (source)
    However = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
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    He liked Carthage. ... That spring, however, McCandless's sights were fixed unflinchingly on Alaska.  (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
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    Once, however, I was able to enjoy a book left in my domain by one of my keepers.  (source)
    however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
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    However, I think you'll find they'll come in very handy on Camazotz.  (source)
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    I am, however, with Isaac, who seems to be decompensating.  (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
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    ...he seemed to be trying to give Harry a hint. Harry, however, was completely lost.  (source)
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    It was too late. ... What worried him the most, however, wasn't that it was too late.  (source)
    however = though (or another expression that connects contrasting ideas)
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    However, I did spot a familiar family photo on the living room wall.  (source)
    However = but (used to connect contrasting ideas)
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    However, there wasn't time to wonder, for at that moment someone knocked at the door.  (source)
    However = but
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    Four, however, crouches and presses his back to the metal support, breathing heavily.  (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
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    However, he'd neglected to take his son's curiosity into account.  (source)
    However = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
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however as in:  However much she tried...

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However hard she tried, she couldn't do it.
however = no matter how (how much/how hard/how long…)
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    However safe we make it, there will always be risk.
    however = no matter how
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    One thing I knew for sure: however much I missed Grans, Mom must have missed her more.  (source)
    however = regardless of how
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    The animals, however exotic, would fundamentally behave like animals in zoos anywhere.  (source)
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    Deep down I know I could never be that innocent again, however much I'd like to be.  (source)
    however = regardless of how
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    But however long it takes, your major Legacy will be the last to develop.†  (source)
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    At least here, I have a chance, however small, to become more than what I was.  (source)
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    It strengthens his resolve to go on another day, and another day, for a thousand days, for however long it takes for them to live by his words to Gita: "To be free to make love wherever, whenever we want to."†  (source)
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    However much magic you need to use, it's okay.  (source)
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    At first —" he deliberated several moments over another piece of veneer, then put it in the maybe pile—"at first he told me I'd have to take a year off—four years, five, however long it took—and earn the rest of my college money the hard way.†  (source)
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    And however the dwarf whipped the poor reindeer the sledge went slower and slower.  (source)
    however = regardless of how much
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    We'll know these answers when we find those who can tell us, those who've possessed knowledge for centuries, for however long creatures such as ourselves have walked the earth.†  (source)
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    Any pity Thomas had felt for Gally, however remote, completely vanished at that statement.  (source)
    however = regardless of how
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    Touched to the heart, Mrs. March could only stretch out her arms, as if to gather children and grandchildren to herself, and say, with face and voice full of motherly love, gratitude, and humility... "Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this!"†  (source)
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however as in:  However you do it, get it done!

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However we do it, someone is going to be unhappy.
however = in whatever way
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    However we get there, the main thing is to be absolutely sure we're not late.
    however = whatever way
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    However I took them in, I had to try not to force them out on other people, especially Maxon.  (source)
    However = in whatever way
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    One thought stuck in her mind: However it had happened, it was her fault.  (source)
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    However it had happened, Jason was elated to see their old friend in action once more.  (source)
    However = in whatever way
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    He didn't mention Teresa, however—she was the only thing he left out.  (source)
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    Somehow he would have to get into the tail, inside the plane, rip or cut his way in, and however he did it he would need an operating base of some kind.  (source)
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    In the OASIS, you could create your own private planet, build a virtual mansion on it, furnish and decorate it however you liked, and invite a few thousand friends over for a party.  (source)
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    Grandma Sands called a couple of times and told them that the police thought two white men drove by in a car and threw it in during services, or that they'd already hidden it in the church with a clock set to go off during Sunday school. However it got in the church it had killed four little girls, blinded a couple more and sent a bunch of other people to the hospital.  (source)
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    After another quarter of an hour, however he was forced to conclude that the rest of his mother's letter was gone.  (source)
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    However it was, it was worse for him to know it.  (source)
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    But however I chose to remember it, that event would change everything.  (source)
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    Their communication, however they do it, is instantaneous.  (source)
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    My mother had written to family and friends, asking them to help her however they could.  (source)
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