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  • 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.   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I did all I could to give him hope.   (source)
  • ... she now has a pig. A small one, to be sure, but nevertheless a pig.   (source)
    nevertheless = even though what was just said is true, it is also true that [she has]
  • 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.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • But nevertheless they tell us all things which we want to know.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of what was just said
  • Slightly dizzy, he nevertheless kept his eyes wide open, rain was speckling his glasses and...†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, Mamaw's was a deeply personal (albeit quirky) faith.†   (source)
  • The old photo was faded, but nevertheless clear.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, Shoto cut his thrusters and dropped to the ground directly in front of the Mechagodzilla.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, an Olympic pool is an Olympic pool, touched by immortal glory.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I am trying to participate.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he gave everyone a grim smile.†   (source)
  • The photo hadn't made the front page, but there it was nevertheless, as Hasina had predicted.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, the essence of what you say is true.†   (source)
  • Mrs Whatsit asked, picking up the sandwich nevertheless.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, you made it here alive, and that's always the first test.†   (source)
  • Rose bought her a subscription to Glamour, and got adept at copying some of the simpler clothing styles that were nevertheless unavailable in Zebulon County.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, God continues to love us—at least, He continues to try to get our attention.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, the merchant decided to delay his lunch for a few minutes until the boy moved on.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, that is where they hung out every day.†   (source)
  • None of my clothes are ever particularly clean, but I cling to these rituals nevertheless.†   (source)
  • My trust and hope were indeed put in the wrong person(s), but nevertheless it still lived.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, if this were a test of endurance, then she could see it through as well as these New Englanders.†   (source)
  • At times his name, an entity shapeless and weightless, manages nevertheless to distress him physically, like the scratchy tag of a shirt he has been forced permanently to wear.†   (source)
  • I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love,
    If you want me again look for me under your bootsoles.
    You will hardly know who I am or what I mean,
    But I shall be good health to you nevertheless,
    And filter and fibre your blood.
    Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged,
    Missing me one place search another,
    I stop some where waiting for you
    It became a weekend of reading, of trying to see her in the fragments of the poem she'd left for me.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless Paquita Lobo could see that Tita was on the verge of fainting.†   (source)
  • Shy and awkward, Robert nevertheless read his prepared remarks and was given a hearty round of applause.†   (source)
  • Untouched. tin-batteried, too, but nevertheless, there.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, we must proceed with our work.†   (source)
  • He spoke out of love for the girl— a destructive love, but a love, nevertheless.†   (source)
  • "Nevertheless, you must learn them," Rivka said.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he predicts we'll have to stay here until the end of '43.†   (source)
  • I had never stood still for more than five seconds in my life. Nevertheless, I tried.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, the commander was not prepared to risk a computer crash in the middle of an alert and so doused his cigar in the coffee cup of a passing gremlin.†   (source)
  • She did not hold with old superstition, but she had kept the caul nevertheless.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless because of the chronicity of the illness and the basic deficiencies involved in personality structuring, a more complete recovery is not to be expected at this time.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, it was clear by the time we left for home that nothing had been resolved.†   (source)
  • "An understatement, but true nevertheless," said Brom dryly.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I am determined I will walk that path, even though I do not walk fast or well.†   (source)
  • Forged in Jesuit logic and tempered in the cold bath of science, ! nevertheless understood at that second the ancient obsession of the God-fearing for another kind of fear: the thrill of exorcism, the mindless whirl of Dervish possession, the puppet-dance ritual of Tarot, and the almost erotic surrender of sance, speaking in tongues, and Zen Gnostic trance.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, it would have killed me, or at the very least inflicted serious damage on my wedding tackle.†   (source)
  • They're common, but nevertheless very beautiful.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, unless Dr. Leale could stabilize him immediately, Lincoln would die within a few minutes.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, whatever parts have infiltrated her consciousness are always available to her.†   (source)
  • Everyone she met was busy, just short of overworked, but nevertheless thrilled to meet her, so happy she was there, any friend of Annie's ….†   (source)
  • A touch no heavier than a feather but loaded, nevertheless, with desire.†   (source)
  • Dressed in black as always, she was nevertheless suddenly young and girlish, eyes sparkling with joy at this greatest occasion the ten Booms had ever held.†   (source)
  • "Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness," he quoted.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, Kroc convinced the brothers to sell him the right to franchise McDonald's nationwide.†   (source)
  • "Nevertheless, my dear," Chacko said in his Reading Aloud voice, "Never.†   (source)
  • He looked as if he wanted to sink down into a nearby chair, but held himself upright nevertheless.†   (source)
  • In this particular case, of course, I had been set a slightly extraordinary task, but I had nevertheless not been neglectful to incorporate 'margins' wherever possible.†   (source)
  • It might have been nothing more than a coincidence, but nevertheless, I felt an exultant smile overflow my face.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, we'd spent most of today strategizing how to handle the media.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless Fermina Daza did not allow him to infect her with his somber mood.†   (source)
  • It was an image nevertheless and that is why he felt recognition.†   (source)
  • The sheriff seemed aware of the necessity of doing so; nevertheless, he didn't move.†   (source)
  • Sophie found the questions pretty stupid, but nevertheless they kept buzzing around in her head all evening.†   (source)
  • I strode blindly out into the hall, not to my room, because that was where they would come to get me, but to the alcove, greatly inferior to the alcove at C apian, but an alcove, nevertheless, in a quiet corner of the hall, where Joan and Loubelle and DeeDee and Mrs. Savage would not come.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless.†   (source)
  • People will be asking things, well meaning but nevertheless poking their fingers where it still hurts.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, a few nights after he took to his hospital bed a young pih-er got a call from him, a tiny, squeaky voice issuing instructions about drug procurement for Peru.†   (source)
  • There had been no good reason to suspect them of being the bank robbers, but nevertheless he had gone to a hill overlooking their cabin.†   (source)
  • She is trying, nevertheless, to gain some understanding, however limited, of the inscrutable circumstances in which she finds herself.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, there had been one or two meaningful developments.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I wanted him to get ready also.†   (source)
  • They continued to walk, nevertheless, aimlessly, in silence.†   (source)
  • And the aging janitor, fixing a smile to his face like a white celluloid set of teeth from a Cracker Jack box, strode on, and the crowd opened as the sea before Moses and closed behind, and him wondering what to do? why was he here? but on the move, steadily, nevertheless.†   (source)
  • The bantustan system was nevertheless instituted; the voters had opposed it, but participated in it simply by voting.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, my face burns.†   (source)
  • I had judged from our encounter this morning that you were more intelligent-an illiterate clod, perhaps, certainly a backwoods braggart with no more sensitivity than a goose, but basically intelligent nevertheless.†   (source)
  • McCormick nevertheless volunteered to go there to try to collect some human blood and bring the strain back alive to Atlanta.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, President Ronald Reagan praised Mobutu as "a voice of good sense and good will."†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he did not seem aggressive.†   (source)
  • His father, Jose Edilio, the loudmouthed ball-breaking vagrant who had never married Papi's mother but nevertheless had given her nine children, had attempted a similar stunt when he worked in a hotel kitchen in Rao Piedras.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, you're in for a unique month, to say the least," I said.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, many parents so magnify the benefit of a car seat that they trek to the local police station or firehouse to have it installed just right.†   (source)
  • One month after the fire, Alfred Sew ell ended his discussion of Chicago with a stirring prediction: "The city will nevertheless rise again, nay, is already rising, like the Phoenix, from her ashes.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless I requested the job, and Mr. Butorsky, who controlled assignments, said that should work out just fine.†   (source)
  • A rather impolitic remark, as Ustinov wore the uniform of a marshal of the Soviet Union, earned for his Party work and industrial management, it nevertheless demonstrated that Filitov was a true New Soviet Man, proud of what he was and mindful of his limitations.†   (source)
  • She had stopped expecting July to contribute to the conversation, but she resented his silence nevertheless.†   (source)
  • Nick needed his interpreter present in the room as well, and this puzzled the pimp, who nevertheless accommodated.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he said, he was willing to go ahead with a spring race.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, the smell of human waste and death filled the air.†   (source)
  • Smaller than any of the bullies, Adam nevertheless marched over and stood in front of Richie.†   (source)
  • I was of course aware that the people of the Soviet Union were still living behind the Iron Curtain, but nevertheless, once there I was surprised at just how much the Russian people were starved of freedom.†   (source)
  • Do you say to yourself, 'Rats are disgusting creatures, but nevertheless they are living things with the same rights as me'?†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, things have gotten easier, maybe almost nice.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless its folk are seldom seen, and maybe they dwell now deep in the woods and far from the northern border.†   (source)
  • John thought this was a lie, but he appreciated the gesture nevertheless.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I have to come back to this particular fan.†   (source)
  • And all the while, there was that height and those sharp black eyes and that powerful attention which was, of course, perfect mockery, but nevertheless riveted to myself.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, all his knowledge was powerless to cure the chicken fever of his daughter Pancha, which had dispatched her to the Hereafter.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he believed in his men.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, Father must agree too, before we can go any further.†   (source)
  • It hadn't seemed like a remark worth Otis's reaction, but nevertheless, his uncle furrowed his brow and leaned closer, as if they were about to share a dire secret.†   (source)
  • You may continue nevertheless.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless we had to kneel for one more prayer.†   (source)
  • But what happens if he nevertheless later meets the one who was meant for him, the other part of himself?†   (source)
  • Nevertheless—†   (source)
  • While Hemlatha meticulously resected uterus or repaired a bladder tear, Stone, who could not carry a tune, nevertheless whistled "God Save the Queen," which riled Hema.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he felt reasonably comfortable at Greenleaf, even if Jed still hadn't cracked a smile.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless I hid my anger and held my tongue and waited to see how it would end.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he'd remained at his post in San Antonio for two years before accepting another overseas post, this time in Turkey.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I know now that few really listen to this music.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I forbid—†   (source)
  • This will show we are in earnest, that we are prepared to punish, but are nevertheless ready to forgive.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he succeeded in obtaining the manifests of every plane leaving Boston yesterday morning from the first flight at six-thirty to ten o'clock.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I climbed the stairs to his room as quietly as I could and listened outside his door.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he could not help but wonder what police agency could boast such astonishingly beautiful women on its force.†   (source)
  • Very painful, nevertheless.†   (source)
  • "Nevertheless," I whispered crossly--but I couldn't go on, too conscious all at once of my whispering, my eternal posturing, always transforming the world with words--changing nothing.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, the question of Offences was not always as simple as one might think, and when there was disagreement the district's inspector could be sent for.†   (source)
  • But you return a hero; nevertheless.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I remember students saying that they couldn't wait until the final exam, knowing they would have gotten past the period of having to give two-minute talks in class.†   (source)
  • There was exhilaration in the collision, the honest contact of football, not as beautiful maybe as a completed pass or a fake that threw your opponents off balance but beautiful nevertheless and manly, prideful.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, the interview has gone flawlessly.†   (source)
  • I shall, nevertheless, do my best to make the John Galt Line earn a profit of twenty per cent for me, if possible.†   (source)
  • In one of the most provocative statements in Paradigms Lost, Simon presented an unapologetic defense of elitism: Language, I think, belongs to two groups only: gifted individuals everywhere, who use it imaginatively; and the fellowship of men and women, wherever they are, who, without being particularly inventive, nevertheless endeavor to speak and write correctly.†   (source)
  • Very, very minor but a presence nevertheless.†   (source)
  • To a thinking person, such resolutions are very valuable; nevertheless, they often leave a vacuum in the soul.†   (source)
  • I'm not sure if I've ever appreciated fully the moral or deeper meanings of the story, which it no doubt has, but nevertheless it makes me think of many notions, the first being that the man has begun, whether knowing it or not, a sort of quest or journey, and ultimately finds himself, if in spiritual disillusion.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, long banks of expresso machines were steaming like locomotives.†   (source)
  • Exactly a year later, an Alabama corporal who had just been captured at Gettysburg nevertheless expressed confidence that, fighting for "the same principles which fired the hearts of our ancestors in the revolutionary struggle," the South would ultimately win the war.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, out on the boats I saw Viking crews stripped to the waist, trouser legs rolled up.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, the ancient Egyptian refused to wear wool until after the Alexandrian conquest, obviously citing its itchiness in warm climates.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, few nations have been in more wars, frequently started by the people.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, they are our people.†   (source)
  • " All of a sudden I realized that Merle had changed, slowly, occasionally lapsing into his old ways, but nevertheless changed; I couldn't help but wonder when the softness had begun.†   (source)
  • …wait until a doctor had prescribed a certain medication for a patient and, as soon as he caught sight of the expression of gratitude in the patient's eyes or heard the patient's family thanking the doctor, would approach and ask the doctor in a low voice what he had prescribed, then give a smile of private (but nevertheless observable) sarcasm and announce to him that what he had prescribed was totally wrong (it never happened that Dr. Mansour found that any doctor had got it right).†   (source)
  • Nevertheless its shares were traded in Hong Kong Luna Exchange and listed in Zurich, London, and New York.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, there must be a beginning to any tale; and the story of my sojourn amongst the wolves begins properly in Granny's bathroom.†   (source)
  • But nevertheless, it's a masterwork of cinematography, and I couldn't let Cate avoid it any longer.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I will be guided by you, as always, for you will always know the proper balance between justice and mercy.†   (source)
  • The external reality and inner dynamic of happenings in Northern Ireland between 1968 and 1974 were symptomatic of change, violent change admittedly, but change nevertheless, and for the minority living there, change had been long overdue.†   (source)
  • ROS: Nevertheless, I suppose one might say that this was a chance….†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, she followed Alice's advice, listing certain essentials they would need and filling pails and bathtub with water before they left.†   (source)
  • I knew that he had no prejudices, but I nevertheless did not want to involve him in any way, since reprisals might be taken against him by bigots or by his associates, who might resent his role as my host once my story became known.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, more than five million patriots, in every country, have signed our petition.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, the reasons behind the extermination program seemed to me right.†   (source)
  • I have decided, nevertheless, to—that is, decided I(Vexedly) Miss Sullivan, I find it difficult to talk through those glasses.†   (source)
  • It was also he who expressed his reservations that I wouldn't achieve financial success by becoming a writer, a sensible fear; nevertheless he fitted me out with my first typewriter, my little red Royal Portable, which I carried off to the University of Wisconsin.†   (source)
  • What I am mourning is perhaps not worth saving, but I regret its loss nevertheless.†   (source)
  • Yet, the epic struggle nevertheless restored America's pride.†   (source)
  • And Project RUMOKO's second son is nevertheless scheduled for next summer.†   (source)
  • My mother loved him dearly, but nevertheless held him up to me as a tragic example of the sluggard's life.†   (source)
  • But though the ways led away from the self, their end nevertheless always led back to the self.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, there had to be a catch somewhere.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he hoped to God it was true.†   (source)
  • Then, learning that crowds had nevertheless gathered on the appointed morning, they hastily sent representatives to lead the demonstrators.†   (source)
  • Annoyed with herself, she nevertheless could not help feeling a little hurt.†   (source)
  • She has dropped her basket, her provisions and the bottle, but has nevertheless kept tight hold of her cat which she carries under her other arm.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless he had made provision for the morrow: I saw in his lap a bundle bulging with food; sugar syrup and butter had soaked through the cloth patchily.†   (source)
  • This may not always be easy, but it nevertheless is the essence of democracy, faith in the wisdom of the people and their views.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, and though you have heinously offended the King's Majesty, we hope if you will even now forthink and repent of your obstinate opinions, you may . still taste his gracious pardon.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless I'm reluctant to authorize the Mass Cathexis Measure.†   (source)
  • And nevertheless her knees were still weak: she could have sworn that he nearly attacked her in that awful moment after she struck him.†   (source)
  • But the sound did not come again. Nevertheless Blore was convinced that he was not mistaken.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of what was just said (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Nevertheless, feeling against Frederick continued to run high.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Nevertheless, as the summer wore on, various unforeseen shortages began to make them selves felt.   (source)
  • 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.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of what was just said
  • A machine-gun barks, but is silenced with a bomb. Nevertheless, the couple of seconds has sufficed to give us five stomach wounds.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of what was just said (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Two big motor lorries take us away. They are stacked high with planks. Nevertheless, Albert and I erect on top our four-poster bed complete with blue silk canopy, mattress, and two lace coverlets.   (source)
  •   "Did you find the actual weapon used?"
      "No."
      "Nevertheless you are sure of your facts?"
      "I am quite sure."   (source)
  • He was very ably defended and made a good impression on the jury in the witness box. Nevertheless, on the evidence, he was certainly guilty.   (source)
  • [speaking of the rats] At last the beasts get wise to it, or perhaps they have scented the blood. They return no more. Nevertheless, before morning the remainder of the bread on the floor has been carried off.   (source)
  • Nevertheless, some of the animals were disturbed when they heard that the pigs not only took their meals in the kitchen and used the drawing-room as a recreation room, but also slept in the beds.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • That sort of thing, he explained, was quite impossible to prove, but he was nevertheless quite sure of it in his own mind.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of what was just said (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Nevertheless, they were both thoroughly frightened by the rebellion on Animal Farm, and very anxious to prevent their own animals from learning too much about it.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Nevertheless, the sight of Napoleon, on all fours, delivering orders to Whymper, who stood on two legs, roused their pride and partly reconciled them to the new arrangement.   (source)
  •   "Ten people dead on an island and not a living soul on it. It doesn't make sense!"
      Inspector Maine said stolidly: "Nevertheless, it happened, sir."   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of what was just said (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Your indignation is very natural. Nevertheless you must admit that the facts have got to be faced. Either you or Rogers could have administered a fatal dose with the greatest ease.   (source)
  • Nevertheless, without openly admitting it, he was devoted to Boxer; the two of them usually spent their Sundays together in the small paddock beyond the orchard, grazing side by side and never speaking.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • He was conscious of the judge's acute logical brain. But nevertheless he wavered. Mr. Justice Wargrave might have a good brain but he was an elderly man.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of what was just said (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • I could have told you that your search would be fruitless. Nevertheless I am strongly of the opinion that 'Mr. Owen' (to give him the name he himself has adopted) is on the island.   (source)
  • But I forgive you, nevertheless, because it is such eloquent witness to your great love for me.   (source)
  • "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."   (source)
    nevertheless = anyway (in spite of that)
  • Nevertheless, he had called old Dr. Shinebone in to consult.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, Zeus cast us away and relied on those fumbling Cyclopes.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, our path into Camp Half-Blood looked straightforward enough.†   (source)
  • Kathy tried to get along with them nevertheless, and her family tried too.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, Attean continued to bring him some offering every morning.†   (source)
  • "Nevertheless," Chiron sighed, "some in Olympus do not trust me now, under the circumstances."†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he was smiling broadly at Harry, who tried to smile back despite his state of shock.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I'll be keeping an eye on you.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, Sirius had been of some help to Harry, even if he couldn't be with him.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he was starting to feel very apprehensive.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I think of placing my hand on it, this exposed face.†   (source)
  • He is a wonderful old spider, but nevertheless he is a spider.†   (source)
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