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however as in:  However, complications may...

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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.
  • Most college application deadlines are in January and February. Early admission deadlines, however, are around November, and some scholarships require even earlier deadlines.
  • The exemption from rudeness startled him. Reading it again, however, he realized that it didn't compel him to be rude; it simply allowed him the option.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • There may be no need for this letter since I hope to reach you ahead of it. If I'm held up, however, I want you—and Dana—to know that I'm coming.   (source)
  • 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.
  • Mother's conversion to Dad's philosophy was not total, however, and occasionally she was possessed of her old enthusiasm.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • However, since there was no sign of a cover-up, the absence of footprints does not, by itself, prove there was a crime.   (source)
    however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
  • The cruelty of fate, however, did not allow Rudy Steiner to enter the kitchen at the opportune moment.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Suddenly he was being invited to the White House by George W. Bush and to 10 Downing Street by Tony Blair. There was a major problem, however.   (source)
  • 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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  • I am, however, with Isaac, who seems to be decompensating.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • I would understand if you were hesitant to speak with me. However, please be aware that if you choose not to accept our proposal, we intend to approach each of your competitors.   (source)
    however = but (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • If I had wanted to stop you it would have been only too easy — however, I felt it would be instructive to let them see ….   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Usually, Stanley couldn't see the mountains at this time of day. ... Now, however, the sky was very dark off to the west, and every time the lightning flashed, the dark shape of the mountains would briefly appear.   (source)
    however = though (or another expression that connects contrasting ideas)
  • Unwinds also never admit that their items are stolen. ... The pawnbroker will usually listen to their stories for their entertainment value. If it's a good story, he'll just throw the kid out. If it's a lousy story, he'll call the police and have them picked up. This kid, however, doesn't have a story; he comes only with the truth.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Mom, however, told us that the FBI wasn't really after Dad; he just liked to say they were because it was more fun having the FBI on your tail than bill collectors.   (source)
  • He liked Carthage. ... That spring, however, McCandless's sights were fixed unflinchingly on Alaska.   (source)
  • However, there were some occasions in the prison camp in which beating and kicking were unavoidable.   (source)
  • After March, lizard bites were no longer reported. However, I have this graph from the Public Health Service in San Jose of infant mortality in the towns of the west coast earlier this year.   (source)
    however = but (a word used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • I sipped. Rosaleen, however, downed hers so fast she let out a belch that the boys in my old junior high would have envied.   (source)
    however = but (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • I did not think cheer-leading tryouts would matter, but I was not so sure about yelling at your mother. I was certain, however, that if your mother left, it would be something that mattered in the whole long course of your lifetime.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • At first he'd said he was snooping around the Mother Paula's property in order to heist a load of Gladiator cigarettes. However, after speaking with a lawyer, the boy changed his story.   (source)
    however = but (a word used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • I suggest we postpone any decision until we have given the matter careful thought, and until the time all of the heirs can attend. However, since we are assembled, I have a question to ask of the group; perhaps others do, too.   (source)
    however = but
  • ...the battle was not as lopsided as it seemed. What mattered, however, was that Salamander felt defeated.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Others attempted to hop over the gullies to the forest to bypass the hole; however, we knew from much experience that they would not make it.   (source)
    however = but (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • It was squatting on a low stump and she might not have noticed it, for it looked more like a mushroom than a living creature sitting there. As she came abreast of it, however, it blinked, and the movement gave it away.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • At least he hadn't caught some evil disease. However, a much worse thing had happened: my father was now an atheist.   (source)
    however = but
  • The dogs were acting natural. Henry, however, had immediately stopped acting natural.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Unlike Rick's, however, the Count's montage did not draw on his memories; it drew instead on his imaginings.   (source)
    however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
  • That it resonated so personally is odd, however, because he wasn't writing about the hillbilly transplants from Appalachia—he was writing about black people in the inner cities.   (source)
  • Her eyes, however, dance before him.   (source)
  • However, despite it all, I'm grateful for every day I live to see the sunrise.   (source)
  • Looking at them now, however, with their Hi-Liter marks and underlinings and earnest handwritten notes, the impact they had on her is obvious.   (source)
  • The deeper bruise, however, Mary could do nothing about.   (source)
  • However, perhaps the answer lies not in a morally bereft man, but in the corrupted ideals of an entire faction.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • In the compact territory of a zoo, however, the case is quite different, and to leave feces in an animal's enclosure is to invite reinfection by encouraging the animal to eat them, animals being gluttons for anything that remotely resembles food.   (source)
  • What was surprising, however, was how superficial, insubstantial, and uninterested the court's two-and-a-half-page order read.   (source)
    however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
  • Once, however, I stumbled and dropped a sack of buttons, which spilled over the floor.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Now, however, I felt oddly restless and dislocated.   (source)
  • The entrance to the Chapter House, however, was much farther away, at the far end of the long hallway.   (source)
    however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
  • My father, however, understood that you can't refuse to do your teacher's assignment, and he promised to help.   (source)
  • Once I started school, however, I discovered I had a much bigger problem than just falling out of my chair.   (source)
  • However, if there was one thing his gut told him, it was not to admit to any doubt.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • I'm sure it's very difficult. ... I still think you can help us, however.   (source)
  • Despite her fear of him, however, she took her spoon in her right hand and began to eat her oatmeal.   (source)
    however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
  • However, we didn't lose another game in the regular season and were ranked number one in the state as we headed into the playoffs.   (source)
  • She was usually very slow and calm, and never raised her voice. Today, however, she turned her head and squealed at us.   (source)
    however = in spite of that
  • However, I think you'll find they'll come in very handy on Camazotz.   (source)
    however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
  • However,"—and he paused here for emphasis—"that does not mean that everybody is, as we say, 'on the bus.'   (source)
  • Josh's friends, however, went right on eating.   (source)
  • There are other times, however, when nature is on your side.   (source)
  • ...he had a naturally tranquil disposition and a slow fuse. At the time, however, I thought the only explanation for what he did was that for a few minutes he simply went mad.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Having once been an ambitious young lady myself, however, I've decided to offer you some advice: go to your local newspaper and get an entry-level job.   (source)
  • Before Maniac could go to sleep, however, there was something he had to do.   (source)
    however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
  • However, the unbearable urge to splatter someone across a wall lessened when they brought her a piebald mare to ride.   (source)
  • This time, however, there were no pretty girls waiting for me on the other side of the cairn—or anyone, for that matter.   (source)
  • However, Haymitch's house, despite the care taken by the grounds-keeper, exudes an air of abandonment and neglect.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • I never talked about Phineas and neither did anyone else; he was, however, present in every moment of every day since Dr. Stanpole had told me.   (source)
  • I'm not completely unfortunate, however.   (source)
  • This time, however, I hear what sounds like the faintest sigh.   (source)
    however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
  • I am only obligated to listen, however.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • The characters and events in this novel are fictional. However, there were many unsolved bombings in Birmingham at the time of the story, including the one that took place at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on September 15, 1963.   (source)
    however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
  • Some species of yeast taste better than others, however, and this is where geography and luck enter in.   (source)
  • TERRIBLE THINGS CAN HAPPEN TO YOU/did not, however, detail exactly how someone was supposed to give CPR to a squirrel.   (source)
  • However, hot chocolate made with water is more digestible than that made with milk.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Kit left the work gratefully. She had no intention of resting, however, and presently she was tripping out the door when her aunt called her back.   (source)
  • However, no one knew quite why it did this because it invariably delivered a cupful of liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.   (source)
  • He walked toward the corner, thinking little at all about nothing in particular. Before he reached the corner, however, he slowed as if a wind had sprung up from nowhere, as if someone had called his name.   (source)
  • When diabolism rises, however, actions are the least important manifests of the true nature of a man.   (source)
  • Mr. Keesing had nothing to complain about for two whole classes. However, during the third class he'd finally had enough.   (source)
    however = but (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Except in extraordinary circumstances, Mexican immigration agents are barred from carrying firearms. According to a retired agent, however, most have .38-caliber pistols.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • However, one musician from the camp is chosen to play with the professional orchestra and to perform a solo movement.   (source)
  • Things never happened as he planned, however, and because he was concentrating on looking for rabbits he very nearly stepped on a foolbird.   (source)
    however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
  • The child, however, is buried around the corner, beyond this house and just down the highway.   (source)
  • About dawn, however, I know what I got to do.   (source)
  • It's not surprising that you've escaped notice. However, I wouldn't expect that to last.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • In the interests of truth, however, I want to make it clear that Norman Bowker was in no way responsible for what happened to Kiowa.   (source)
    however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
  • I'll eventually kill you anyway. ... However, to save myself some trouble, I'm giving you a choice.   (source)
    however = but (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • However, if I tried to buy clothes looking the way I did now, I might not even be let into the store.   (source)
    however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
  • I may be one of the worst people on earth to try explaining anything at all about money. However, I want to pass on to you something a close friend once told me—   (source)
    however = in spite of that
  • However, many, indeed most of them, are so weak from starvation and misery that they couldn't offer any resistance.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • ...she had respect for him because his church and preachings were close in style to that of her "home" church, New Brown Memorial. Unlike New Brown, however, Whosoever wasn't a storefront church.   (source)
  • We were in the basket of the balloon, and the odds of the basket hitting the train were small. However, there was certainly a risk that the giant balloon itself (called "the envelope") would fall onto the tracks when we hit the ground.   (source)
  • She cried when Olivia told how her grandmother had been treated as a slave. No one else in this village wants to hear about slavery, however.   (source)
  • "But the image of the olive tree is a nice one, don't you think?"
    Father just squinted at him, like here was one tree he'd like to make into firewood. Brother Fowles didn't get the least bit steamed up, however.   (source)
  • However, I do believe that in the kind of article I am projecting there would be complete protection of the rights of all individuals.   (source)
    however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
  • However, Mother and I had been able to get hold of eight scrawny cows, mainly from people who owed us a lot of money.   (source)
  • For that to happen, however, he needed to get through high school, and that didn't seem even remotely possible.   (source)
  • However, Dad taught us how to deal with them long ago, especially the coral snakes and those copperhead vipers. However, Dad taught us how to deal with them long ago, especially the coral snakes and those copperhead vipers.   (source)
    however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Swaths of green were few and far between. There was a jade-tinted rectangle in the middle of Clarkston, however: Armistead Field in Milam Park.   (source)
  • However, the economy hit a slump in the summer of '71, especially in the capital of the automobile industry.   (source)
    however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
  • However, my mind pulls me back to those days of confinement and I feel myself needing to call a friend or make a plan for lunch—anything to not be alone.   (source)
  • Mr. Krupp, however, just stood there in a daze.   (source)
  • However, the day after the school's superintendent declared her valedictorian, the principal announced that she was going to have to share the honors—he was appointing a covaledictorian who had a slightly lower GPA.   (source)
  • That was understandable, however, because Booth rode away from the crowds celebrating on Pennsylvania Avenue.   (source)
  • However, the patient may learn to make more wise choices for herself within the boundaries of her personality so that she is able to achieve a satisfactory dependent relationship if necessary which will sustain her for a long period of time.   (source)
  • However, I've arranged for you to have a filmbook viewer and several lessons during the crossing to Arrakis.   (source)
  • The pain, however, wasn't in my mouth, but inside my chest.   (source)
  • However, since it is you and not Coach Reed, perhaps we can put the time to some good use, as you seem to have given up on Jane Eyre.   (source)
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however as in:  However much she tried...

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  • However safe we make it, there will always be risk.
  • Then Mr Prodnose's factory came out with a chewing-gum that never lost its flavour however much you chewed it.   (source)
    however = regardless of how
  • However long he'd worked in the junkyard, he was never too tired to drive across the valley to hear me.   (source)
    however long = whatever length of time
  • Tate was more than her first love: he shared her devotion to the marsh, had taught her to read, and was the only connection, however small, to her vanished family.   (source)
    however = regardless of how
  • At least here, I have a chance, however small, to become more than what I was.   (source)
  • One thing I knew for sure: however much I missed Grans, Mom must have missed her more.   (source)
  • We Pashtuns cannot turn away relatives or friends, however inconvenient.   (source)
  • Walking through the X-ray machine marked the first time I'd taken a step without oxygen in some months, and it felt pretty amazing to walk unencumbered like that, stepping across the Rubicon, the machine's silence acknowledging that I was, however briefly, a nonmetallicized creature.   (source)
  • Nothing seemed to give Colin a bigger thrill than to say, "All right, Harry?" six or seven times a day and hear, "Hello, Colin," back, however exasperated Harry sounded when he said it.   (source)
  • I was forced to acknowledge that volition alone, however powerful, was not going to get me up the north wall.   (source)
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  • It must be a unanimous choice of the Committee. They can have no doubts, however fleeting. If, during the process, an Elder reports a dream of uncertainty, that dream has the power to set a candidate aside instantly.   (source)
  • The animals, however exotic, would fundamentally behave like animals in zoos anywhere.   (source)
  • In addition to a fear of getting caught, Roy had serious qualms about trying anything illegal—and there was no dodging the fact that vandalism was a crime, however noble the cause.   (source)
  • He tried to put a name on the feeling that put a lump in his throat and made him sob silently, however much he tried to hold it down.   (source)
  • Still, she meant to keep on with her efforts, however difficult the task might appear.   (source)
  • It was lonesome in the woods that night, more than usual, and he couldn't resist some connection, however tenuous, to those people and their festivities.   (source)
    however = regardless of how (to whatever degree)
  • But no counsel, however well grounded in history, is suitable for all.   (source)
    however = to whatever degree (regardless of how much; or whatever unspecified amount)
  • However slight you are, however large your lifeboat, you will be amazed at the difference this will make.   (source)
    however = regardless of how
  • He felt the slightest hint of peace, as fleeting as it was, and tried to enjoy it for however long it might last.   (source)
    however long = whatever length of time
  • But however blistered her hands became, Tally felt stronger than ever before.   (source)
    however = regardless of how
  • Somehow they messed with things to make a radial signal, however weak it may be.   (source)
  • They kissed in the back of a crew truck coming into camp one night, and the warm wet taste of her, however brief, brought her down for him from the world of angels and into the world of human beings.   (source)
  • Valor makes up for a fair amount of folly, but you're not a boy anymore, however many years you've seen.   (source)
  • I can tell that however much he denied it during the day, the aftereffects of hitting the force field have been significant.   (source)
  • Quackenbush took advantage of a break in this line of conversation to announce that he would certainly stay at Devon through the year, however half-cocked others might rush off.   (source)
  • She said, "I want you to think about a nickel's worth of candy money, or however much you eat each week--your Good and Plentys, your Necco wafers, your Jujubes--and compare that to what you are about to see."   (source)
    however = whatever amount of
  • There was no refusing, however inconvenient it might have seemed to fight a war with Meissen porcelain under one arm.   (source)
    however = regardless of how
  • She couldn't stay in Baton Rouge for however many weeks it would be before New Orleans was habitable again.   (source)
    however = the number of
  • But I tell you the smoke is more important than the pig, however often you kill one.   (source)
    however = regardless of how
  • To bring in a new labor union, however small, in what he hoped would be his future constituency, would be an excellent beginning for a journey to the Legislative Assembly.   (source)
  • Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it.   (source)
  • Tim's on a leave of absence, and whenever he's in the hospital, they let me take however much time I need.   (source)
    however = whatever amount of
  • Let the end come, however cruel; at least then we'll know whether we are to be the victors or the vanquished.   (source)
    however = regardless of how
  • Can you give me a ride however far north you are going?   (source)
    however = the amount
  • "I'll imagine however much we need," she said.   (source)
    however = enough regardless of how (to whatever degree)
  • A dog barked somewhere in the darkness, and however often she tossed and turned Meggie couldn't get to sleep.   (source)
    however = regardless of how
  • And when you try, however well-intentioned, you're going to sink.   (source)
  • "We will have to carry him to the next village, however far that might be," Kanei said slowly.   (source)
  • However little sense it made, I cared.   (source)
  • However far she was from Sweet Home, there was no point in giving out her real name to the first person she saw.   (source)
  • "That may be correct," said Colonel Fedmahn Kassad, "but however they may try to use all of us as pawns, we must attempt to choose our own actions."   (source)
  • Those moments, however brief and rare, made me feel so special.   (source)
  • Now, as I pored through more serious works on the Labrador retriever, I was relieved to learn that our choice, however ill informed, was not too wildly off the mark.   (source)
  • However much life in Gion was a struggle, life after running away would surely be more of a struggle.   (source)
  • Still, he knows that each component of a building, however small, is nevertheless essential, and he finds it gratifying that after all his years of schooling, all his crits and unbuilt projects, his efforts are to have some practical end.   (source)
  • However much he loved us, he couldn't live with the madness in our Queens home, preferring to keep his old digs at 478 Carlton Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.   (source)
  • She pledged to collect palm nuts also, even though these taste to us exactly like candle wax, however much the Congolese children seem to prize them.   (source)
  • But we cannot rule out our stubbornness, however weak it may be.   (source)
  • With another shock, I realized that the circle was made up of Taha Aki's great — to however many degrees — grandsons.   (source)
    however = whatever amount of
  • When we had sex, especially, I couldn't push it out of my mind, however badly I wanted to.   (source)
    however = regardless of how
  • However many times you think, Annie, that's how many times I was out.   (source)
  • Only with Clara did she allow herself the luxury of giving in to her overwhelming desire to serve and be loved; with her, however slyly, she was able to express the secret, most delicate yearnings of her soul.   (source)
  • I also knew that one false step, a dislodged rock, however small, would betray our positions.   (source)
  • But however fulfilling, coaching soccer couldn't distract Luma from frequent bouts of homesickness for her friends and family.   (source)
  • I'll give you however many men you need.   (source)
    however = whatever amount of
  • But with three glasses, we have to be able to describe and hold the taste of the first and then the second cola in our memory and somehow, however briefly, convert a fleeting sensory sensation into something permanent—and to do that requires knowledge and understanding of the vocabulary of taste.   (source)
    however = regardless of how
  • However much Jack wants to believe that Terry's fine and dandy with this plan, Molly knows that he steamrollered her into it.   (source)
  • But however hard he worked to make Paul's life smooth and easy, the fact remained that David had built that life on a lie.   (source)
  • To make sure that no one took bowls from the canteen, a man had to be posted at the door; but however careful he might be people took them just the same, either by distracting his attention or talking him into it.   (source)
  • Whatever you want or need, however difficult, tell me and it's done.   (source)
  • "In the heat of the August sun," Grandma writes, "however much the effort to forget, there is no forgetfulness."   (source)
  • The task ahead, however difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant, was hers and hers alone.   (source)
  • However much fun it would be—it wouldn't be fair or honest to go.   (source)
  • It is a mind propelled by emotional response to memory and frustration; consequently, however wise her admonishments might be, they fail to inspire resolve, unless it would be the resolve to retaliate by hurting her in your next letter.   (source)
  • He'd perfected his wolf stare over the last few months—a look that said: However bad you think you are, I'm worse.   (source)
    however = to whatever degree (regardless of how much; or whatever unspecified amount)
  • But since no one in Guilder could know yet what we've done, and no one in Florin could have gotten here so quickly, he is definitely not, however much it may look like it, following us.   (source)
    however = regardless of how
  • Just that there's nowhere else quite like Idris, however much we Nephilim might make homes for ourselves elsewhere.   (source)
  • He had been in charge so long that everyone assumed all thoughts, questions, needs and wants had to be referred to him, however simple these might be.   (source)
  • Whatever their plans or however little time remained in the "season for action," they seemed, inexplicably, in no hurry whatever.   (source)
  • The easy and absolute certainty that whatever the danger, however terrible the odds, you'll stand firm, behave with the dignity of a hero, yea, even to the grave!   (source)
  • Whatever she looked at, however far away it might be, once she had fixed her eyes steadily on it, became quite clear and close as if she were looking through a telescope.   (source)
  • Kanoro held me for a long moment and then said to me, "However far you go from here, you must carry me with you in your heart."   (source)
  • Aunt J came around and took the wheel, and as I scooted my black-and-blue butt across the seat, I vowed to weasel her secrets, however dark they might be.   (source)
  • Yes, shorting the bagel man is white-collar crime, writ however small.   (source)
  • All it took was an angry word or some insult, however slight, and the subtle differences in our characters vanished and you would have thought we were children of Beelzebub, unbound.   (source)
  • However much it tore inside her, Quinn knew it.   (source)
  • At that moment the chance to speak with my family, however briefly and however bittersweet the conversation, was worth the risk of Moody's wrath.   (source)
  • Because however much of a Daphne you yearn to be, there is always your Ermintrude looking over your shoulder.   (source)
  • Tonight, Old Tom's bell shall ring once more to open this school and remind us of our sacred duty to kindle a light—however small—on this beloved earth.   (source)
  • However much I paid Jamaican servants I would never buy discretion.   (source)
  • 'I can't believe that Gollum was connected with hobbits, however distantly,' said Frodo with some heat.   (source)
  • I don't think you'd really understand this part, however carefully I explained.   (source)
  • However many you can eat without barfing.   (source)
    however = whatever number of
  • I was alone, however briefly, and I tried to calm down.   (source)
    however = regardless of how
  • However little you know, it's more than I do, who never has labored myself nor even birthed any livestock.   (source)
  • However glorious the scents, they failed to stir her appetite.   (source)
  • Let's just say the incident in Bangkok has exposed the possibility, however slight, that the vaccine may not be stable.   (source)
  • Yet, however much civilian support might have been in doubt, Smith had no doubts about the determination and bravery of his Marines.   (source)
  • Maybe it was however much sleep he'd managed, but Mortenson sensed he was thinking more clearly.   (source)
    however = whatever amount of
  • Two faces that, however poorly rendered, I could never ignore.   (source)
    however = regardless of how
  • Emma could never resist a touch of glitter, however small.   (source)
  • "They're not for lads like you, however much you think you understand," he said.   (source)
  • However little he paid, it would be more than Hosie made at the mill.   (source)
  • He had to concentrate on the space around them, at whatever movement-however slight-he might discern in the shadows of the large parking lot.   (source)
  • Cleopatra proved controversial; many of my comrades took exception to the fact that the queen of Egypt was depicted by a raven-haired, violet-eyed American actress, however beautiful.   (source)
  • Yet, however much the tone of the article suggested otherwise, even if true, the allegations were trivial.   (source)
  • No conscript armies …. no interference however slight with freedom of press, or speech, or travel, or assembly, or of religion, or of instruction, or communication, or occupation…. no involuntary taxation.   (source)
  • I remember thinking long ago, 'We're loved infinitely for however little bit of time we have.'   (source)
    however = whatever amount of
  • When I began to become frustrated over petty little things, Patsy bore it with the patience of a saint, but I could sense that the number of these situations, however insignificant, was forming a wedge between us.   (source)
    however = regardless of how
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however as in:  However you do it, get it done!

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  • However we get there, the main thing is to be absolutely sure we're not late.
    however = whatever way
  • I turned to pass the tea set to my sister, so she could administer justice however she saw fit, but when I saw her expression I nearly dropped it.   (source)
    however = in whatever way
  • 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)
  • Whether they are destroyed individually or in groups, or however it is done, with mass bombing, poisonous smoke, poisons, drowning, decapitation, or what, dispose of them as the situation dictates ….   (source)
  • 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)
  • Gravity could go any which way. However I want it to go. I can make Graff stand on his head and he doesn't even know it.   (source)
  • Do I have some notion of leaving a signature, after all? After all I've done to avoid it, Iris, her mark, however truncated: initials chalked on the sidewalk, or a pirate's X on the map, revealing the beach where the treasure was buried.   (source)
  • Never again would he walk Nevsky Prospekt, however they chose to rename it, without feeling an unbearable sense of loss.   (source)
  • Her knowledge went much deeper, however: She instinctively understood the questions I didn't even know to ask, and she always encouraged me to seek opportunities that I didn't know existed.   (source)
  • If I find anything out, I will tell you, and I will cooperate however I can, but right now I don't need to be questioned like I did something wrong.   (source)
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  • However Richard Parker took possession of the island, the bow and the tarpaulin remained my territory.   (source)
  • Opus Dei is a personal prelature of Vatican City, and His Holiness can disperse monies however he sees fit.   (source)
  • One thought stuck in her mind: However it had happened, it was her fault.   (source)
  • Harry, Ron, and Hermione knew otherwise, however; they had come face-to-face with Wormtail only the previous year, though only Professor Dumbledore had believed their story.   (source)
  • He didn't mention Teresa, however—she was the only thing he left out.   (source)
  • However I took them in, I had to try not to force them out on other people, especially Maxon.   (source)
  • However it was, it was worse for him to know it.   (source)
  • 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)
  • She could move them however she pleased, yet she didn't know what to do with them, other than knitting.   (source)
  • Simon, walking in front of Ralph, felt a flicker of incredulity—a beast with claws that scratched, that sat on a mountain-top, that left no tracks and yet was not fast enough to catch Samneric. However Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick.   (source)
  • Thomas Putnam felt that his own name and the honor of his family had been smirched by the village, and he meant to right matters however he could.   (source)
  • Because however it had happened, I'd somehow ended up eating shrimp in a dingy downtown shack with a girl that I already knew I'd never forget.   (source)
  • He can clean his suit however he wants.   (source)
  • They can interpret this however they want.   (source)
  • With such a rule of terror, he will be able to shape the Empire however he wants.   (source)
  • Whatever our struggles and triumphs, however we may suffer them, all too soon they bleed into a wash, just like watery ink on paper.   (source)
  • It was in my blood, you might say, and however the notion got there, it bothered me greatly.   (source)
  • However they wanted to throw those lights on the tree was fine by me.   (source)
  • I repeated to Nelson that, however he might interpret the parable of Job, our family doesn't believe in witch-doctor ngangas and evil-eye fetishes and the nkisis and gree-grees people wear around their necks, to ward off curses and the like.   (source)
  • "The patient states that she feels fairly well," one doctor wrote in her chart, "however she continues to complain of some vague lower abdominal discomfort."   (source)
  • Waiting on table was certainly not his forte; he had still to master platters and serving implements, and would fling the food down however he could.   (source)
  • The two women escaped, and Paula resolved to get out of Brazzaville however she could.   (source)
  • As I tried to pull myself together, Mr. Greene told me that he would help me however he could, and that I didn't need to worry about everything at once.   (source)
  • He took them to the jetties where half the city also went after nightfall, he took them wherever he could, and sometimes even where he could not, and not infrequently he had to hurry into a dark entryway and do what he could, however he could do it, behind the gate.   (source)
  • My parents were able to design the structure, schedule, and content however they wanted.   (source)
  • Why would they bother following any of the rules they agree to if they can just hire nonunion workers and treat them however they want?   (source)
  • I told Adam to come on over, I wasn't going anywhere then proceeded to fret, as I did anytime he and Lince popped up together in a single thought, anyway I had only this day to make him remember me, however I could.   (source)
  • They did not see what they were doing as anything wrong; their daddies had been free to take game when they wanted, however they wanted.   (source)
  • With it, he can reshape the present however he chooses.   (source)
  • My son may be a king, but I am no queen …. only a mother who would keep her children safe, however she could.   (source)
  • But however a removal might fit in with the designs of his wizardry, there was no doubt about the fact: Frodo Baggins was going back to Buckland.   (source)
  • My Lord Nightbringer … "For hundreds of years," Cook says, "the Nightbringer plagued mankind however he could."   (source)
  • However it had happened, Jason was elated to see their old friend in action once more.   (source)
  • She was already seeing the analyst, by that time, but it wasn't working fast enough, and one night in the middle of winter, about eleven o'clock, she went into that office of Tag's, where he was working late the way he always did--that boy worked seventeen, eighteen hours a day, and that's the truth--you see it wasn't just juggling numbers that he was up to: he was making money however he could, and that included working himself half to death.   (source)
  • God, whoever and however He may be, was nowhere to be found in that room this afternoon.†   (source)
  • _ I'm all right now however she goes.   (source)
  • Oh, Anne, it was Aunt Josephine, however she came to be there.   (source)
  • But, he thought, assume for a moment that "having," however it is defined, might be the crux of the problem.   (source)
  • However in the world could I manage without a tent?   (source)
    however = in what way
  • However that might be, the known facts were that a few weeks before the factory closed, Marija had been cheated out of her pay for three hundred cans.   (source)
    however = in whatever way
  • However he had got much worse suddenly.   (source)
  • However it is done, it is certain that a beam of heat is the essence of the matter.   (source)
  • The female mind, though cruelly practical in daily life, cannot bear to hear ideals belittled in conversation, and Miss Schlegel was asked however she could say such dreadful things, and what it would profit Mr. Bast if he gained the whole world and lost his own soul.   (source)
    however = how
  • He had only thought it was not the treasure, however—he had not known that it wasn't—and so the suggestion of a captured bundle was too much for his self-possession.   (source)
    however = in whatever way
  • He grew thoughtful, however; he guessed at once that he was seriously ill, and that that was why his mother was begging him to confess and take the sacrament.   (source)
  • However that may have been, Mr. Fogg carefully put his watch upon the table, and observed its advancing hands.   (source)
  • But, however I screw up my eyes and strain my sight, I cannot see it not round and not bounded, and in spite of my knowing about infinite space, I am incontestably right when I see a solid blue dome, and more right than when I strain my eyes to see beyond it.   (source)
  • I did not cry so as to be heard, however; I avoided sobbing.   (source)
  • However she seemed to have a short cut for getting back to cheerfulness, and set her face to signify archness.   (source)
  • But however and whenever we part from one another, I am sure we shall none of us forget poor Tiny Tim—shall we—or this first parting that there was among us?   (source)
  • The general looked around him with slight uneasiness; however he did not yield, but calling up all his fortitude, said,—"I will not swear."   (source)
  • But however infinite they might be in number and shape, they were all eternal, immutable, and indivisible.†   (source)
  • But, however it was, King Darzin got to know that he had been made a fool when he delivered his lettuces to the marshes of Kelfazin.†   (source)
  • But however he turned his head and squinted and whisked his beard to and fro, he couldn't quite see his own shoulder.†   (source)
  • But however it felt, it smelled good.†   (source)
  • However that might be, he suddenly felt uncomfortable under the eyes of all these men and women.†   (source)
  • But however I chose to remember it, that event would change everything.   (source)
  • However the Rusties got their kicks, this was perfect for a hoverboard.   (source)
  • Their communication, however they do it, is instantaneous.   (source)
  • My mother had written to family and friends, asking them to help her however they could.   (source)
  • I'm a free man, and I'll insult anyone I choose, whenever I choose, however I choose—even you.   (source)
  • Victory is victory and dead is dead, however it is achieved.   (source)
  • I didn't even want her serving me, and it seemed she was mostly fine with helping Mom however she could or playing with May.   (source)
  • He had more important things to worry about, however: he was looking over the students' heads to the staff table that ran along the top wall of the Hall.   (source)
  • After another quarter of an hour, however he was forced to conclude that the rest of his mother's letter was gone.   (source)
  • Katherine interceded now, quickly explaining that despite Bellamy's warnings and her brother's request that Langdon not unwrap the package, she had done so, feeling her first priority was to help her brother however she could.   (source)
  • Holding nothing in reserve, Eragon drove Vanir to the center of the field, jabbing and slashing like a madman-determined to hurt the elf however he could.   (source)
  • Just because a man has made enough money to come to Gion and waste it however he chooses doesn't mean he's fun to be around.   (source)
  • Mostafa was not impressed by the Bulgarians' arguments, however; he was jabbing his finger into the air, clearly telling them to get flying again, and when they refused, he gave two short blasts on his whistle.   (source)
  • [of a particular type of smile]  Its advantage is that men can interpret it however they want; you can imagine how often I've relied on it.   (source)
  • I had to fight back; I had to show him that he hadn't broken me, and I wanted to hurt him however I could.   (source)
  • Eager to lighten her burden however he could, Eragon glanced about the ground nearest him and then murmured so softly as to be inaudible, "Loivissa."   (source)
  • As chief of the religious clan, the Quan, and the high priest of Guntera, king of the dwarf gods, Gannel carried enormous influence among his race; however he chose, so the crown was likely to go.   (source)
  • If you cannot bring yourself to respect my station and to accept a fair division of responsibility, as two allies ought to, then it is my opinion that you are unfit to command a coalition such as ours, and I shall set myself against you however I may.   (source)
  • Some wanted revenge for old hurts; others believed that, by virtue of our power, dragons and Riders deserved to rule over the whole of Alagaesia; and others, I am afraid to say, simply enjoyed the chance to tear down what was and indulge themselves however they wanted.   (source)
  • The poor man was terrified at this, and asked however he could escape.   (source)
    however = how
  • However we may talk of it, we ken the truth.   (source)
    however = in whatever way
  • [*] It's only a chance that I am here…. however I'll do what I can.   (source)
  • However that might be, she was unmanageable.   (source)
  • And however she came to risk taking such a beautiful creature into her house as a governess.   (source)
  • He'll get his share, however he has to squeeze to get it!   (source)
  • However he came to dream of it, I cannot think.   (source)
  • They forgot that the frightened face and the figure could not be altered, and that however they might change the setting and adornment of that face, it would still remain piteous and plain.   (source)
  • However I might have expressed my comprehension of it at that time, if I had been called upon, I nevertheless did clearly comprehend in my own way, that it was another name for tyranny; and for a certain gloomy, arrogant, devil's humour, that was in them both.   (source)
  • When Nicholas began, Arthur Gride's impression was, that Ralph Nickleby had betrayed him; but, as he proceeded, he felt convinced that however he had come by the knowledge he possessed, the part he acted was a genuine one, and that with Ralph he had no concern.   (source)
  • "Because, dear me! a person's thoughts," Mrs Tickit said this with an argumentative and philosophic air, "however they may stray, will go more or less on what is uppermost in their minds."   (source)
  • Twere better we should not be seen together; those guides are nothing but spies, and might possibly recognize you; and, however I may be honored by your friendship, my worthy friend, if once the extent of our intimacy were known, I am sadly afraid both my reputation and credit would suffer thereby.   (source)
  • In her behavior to her mother Natasha seemed rough, but she was so sensitive and tactful that however she clasped her mother she always managed to do it without hurting her or making her feel uncomfortable or displeased.   (source)
  • But much as all the rest laughed, talked, and joked, much as they enjoyed their Rhine wine, saute, and ices, and however they avoided looking at the young couple, and heedless and unobservant as they seemed of them, one could feel by the occasional glances they gave that the story about Sergey Kuzmich, the laughter, and the food were all a pretense, and that the whole attention of that company was directed to—Pierre and Helene.   (source)
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