Sample sentences for NEVERTHELESS

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Definition

in spite of that (Used to connect contrasting ideas. Other synonyms could include words and phrases such as nonetheless, all the same, still, and however.)

The class was hard. Nevertheless, it was my favorite.

nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)

She loves him. Nevertheless, she is determined to stop seeing him unless he stops drinking.

nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)

Death was very near to Philip Lombard now. It had never, he knew, been nearer. Nevertheless he was not beaten yet.
Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None

nevertheless = in spite of what was just said (used to connect contrasting ideas)

He did indeed always refer to us as swine, but there was, nevertheless, a certain respect in his tone.
Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front

nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)

A worker [bee] is just over a centimeter long and weighs only about sixty milligrams; nevertheless, she can fly with a load heavier than herself.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)

To the European world the whole province was a barbaric frontier inhabited by a sect of fanatics who, nevertheless, were shipping out products of slowly increasing quantity and value.
Arthur Miller -- The Crucible

nevertheless = in spite of what was just said

But nevertheless they tell us all things which we want to know.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

nevertheless = in spite of what was just said

... she now has a pig. A small one, to be sure, but nevertheless a pig.
E. B. White -- Charlotte's Web

nevertheless = even though what was just said is true, it is also true that [she has]

Maybe it wasn't the door out of Ember, but it was a mystery nevertheless—a mystery connected, she was sure, to the bigger mystery they were trying to solve.
Jeanne DuPrau -- The City of Ember

nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)

"A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to the old man, whatever he is!" said Scrooge's nephew. "He wouldn't take it from me, but may he have it, nevertheless."
Charles Dickens -- A Christmas Carol

nevertheless = anyway (in spite of that)

The decrease in size, from Ralph down, was gradual; and though there was a dubious region inhabited by Simon and Robert and Maurice, nevertheless no one had any difficulty in recognizing biguns at one end and littluns at the other.
William Golding -- Lord of the Flies

nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)

The place was self-sufficient: modest in comparison with the empires around it, the Landing nevertheless produced everything required to sustain life except ice, wheat flour, and articles of clothing, supplied by river-boats from Mobile.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)

Nevertheless, I did all I could to give him hope.
Elie Wiesel -- Night

nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)

But I forgive you, nevertheless, because it is such eloquent witness to your great love for me.
Henrik Ibsen -- A Doll's House

nevertheless = in spite of what was just said (used to connect contrasting ideas)

Slightly dizzy, he nevertheless kept his eyes wide open, rain was speckling his glasses and...
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)

I had never stood still for more than five seconds in my life. Nevertheless, I tried.
Jerry Spinelli -- Milkweed

nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)

The bed was good and the pajamas of the softest silk, and he was tired in every fiber of his being, but nevertheless Rainsford could not quiet his brain with the opiate of sleep.
Richard Connell -- The Most Dangerous Game

nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)

He was deceived, and continued to report to the outside world that there was no food shortage on Animal Farm. Nevertheless, towards the end of January it became obvious that it would be necessary to procure some more grain from somewhere.
George Orwell -- Animal Farm

nevertheless = in spite of what was just said

Moreover he is at least sixty years old and has a hump on his back and his face resembles that of an ape. Nevertheless my father, because of the wealth and power of this Ahoshta, and being persuaded by his wife, sent messengers offering me in marriage,
C.S. Lewis -- The Horse and His Boy

nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)

Ginny did not seek another one-to-one meeting with Harry for the rest of the day, nor by any look or gesture did she show that they had shared more than polite conversation in her room. Nevertheless, Charlie's arrival came as a relief to Harry.
It provided a distraction...
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)

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