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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)
  • ... 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]
  • Nevertheless, we all of us, to varying degrees, believed that when you saw the person you were copied from, you'd get some insight into who you were deep down, and maybe too, you'd see something of what your life held in store.†   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Nevertheless, sometimes a SEAL can't find his way back to Mother Ocean and must make a choice between fighting to the death or surrendering.†   (source)
  • Death was very near to Philip Lombard now. It had never, he knew, been nearer. Nevertheless he was not beaten yet.   (source)
  • Anne climbed the ladder amid breathless silence, gained the ridgepole, balanced herself uprightly on that precarious footing, and started to walk along it, dizzily conscious that she was uncomfortably high up in the world and that walking ridgepoles was not a thing in which your imagination helped you out much. Nevertheless, she managed to take several steps before the catastrophe came.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of what was just said
  • 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)
  • His father, Elmo, a huge St. Bernard, had been the Judge's inseparable companion ...  [Buck] was not so large,--he weighed only one hundred and forty pounds,--for his mother, Shep, had been a Scotch shepherd dog. Nevertheless, one hundred and forty pounds, to which was added the dignity that comes of good living and universal respect, enabled him to carry himself in right royal fashion.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of what was just said (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 ran up his nostrils as he hung upside down, avoiding another fierce dive from the Bludger.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, parents send their children to these schools because they have little extra money, and the high school fails to send its students to college with alarming consistency.†   (source)
  • The old photo was faded, but nevertheless clear.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, you made it here alive, and that's always the first test.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, an Olympic pool is an Olympic pool, touched by immortal glory.†   (source)
  • The photo hadn't made the front page, but there it was nevertheless, as Hasina had predicted.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I am trying to participate.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he gave everyone a grim smile.†   (source)
  • The sheriff seemed aware of the necessity of doing so; nevertheless, he didn't move.†   (source)
  • Mrs Whatsit asked, picking up the sandwich nevertheless.†   (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 ...There Was a tour of the health center, and an introduction to the dreadlocked Dr. Hampton who ran it.†   (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)
  • Yes, Grandmother nodded, that was certainly true—nevertheless, the girl was dismal, superstitious company, and what Lydia needed on Christmas Eve was company.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, the essence of what you say is true.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, that is where they hung out every day.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless Paquita Lobo could see that Tita was on the verge of fainting.†   (source)
  • 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.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, if this were a test of endurance, then she could see it through as well as these New Englanders.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, we must proceed with our work.†   (source)
  • "Nevertheless, my dear," Chacko said in his Reading Aloud voice, "Never.†   (source)
  • tin-batteried, too, but nevertheless, there.†   (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)
  • "Nevertheless, you must learn them," Rivka said.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he predicts we'll have to stay here until the end of '43.†   (source)
  • Shy and awkward, Robert nevertheless read his prepared remarks and was given a hearty round of applause.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, we'd spent most of today strategizing how to handle the media.†   (source)
  • "An understatement, but true nevertheless," said Brom dryly.†   (source)
  • He spoke out of love for the girl— a destructive love, but a love, nevertheless.†   (source)
  • A touch no heavier than a feather but loaded, nevertheless, with desire.†   (source)
  • 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)
  • It might have been nothing more than a coincidence, but nevertheless, I felt an exultant smile overflow my face.†   (source)
  • But nevertheless, he told me he found me beautiful, and ever since that night, he's sent me letters from time to time.†   (source)
  • People will be asking things, well meaning but nevertheless poking their fingers where it still hurts.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I tried.†   (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)
  • Nevertheless, whatever parts have infiltrated her consciousness are always available to her.†   (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, I am determined I will walk that path, even though I do not walk fast or well.†   (source)
  • She did not hold with old superstition, but she had kept the caul nevertheless.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I couldn't relax because I was crammed into that dimly lit room among my enemies, and I knew I had to keep watch every moment.†   (source)
  • They're common, but nevertheless very beautiful.†   (source)
  • Sophie found the questions pretty stupid, but nevertheless they kept buzzing around in her head all evening.†   (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)
  • He looked as if he wanted to sink down into a nearby chair, but held himself upright nevertheless.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • Nevertheless, all his knowledge was powerless to cure the chicken fever of his daughter Pancha, which had dispatched her to the Hereafter.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, it would have killed me, or at the very least inflicted serious damage on my wedding tackle.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, President Ronald Reagan praised Mobutu as "a voice of good sense and good will."†   (source)
  • My trust and hope were indeed put in the wrong person(s), but nevertheless it still lived.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, unless Dr. Leale could stabilize him immediately, Lincoln would die within a few minutes.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless Fermina Daza did not allow him to infect her with his somber mood.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • Nevertheless we had to kneel for one more prayer.†   (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, 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)
  • 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)
  • None of my clothes are ever particularly clean, but I cling to these rituals nevertheless.†   (source)
  • "Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness," he quoted.†   (source)
  • but on the move, steadily, nevertheless.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he felt reasonably comfortable at Greenleaf, even if Jed still hadn't cracked a smile.†   (source)
  • She is trying, nevertheless, to gain some understanding, however limited, of the inscrutable circumstances in which she finds herself.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, Kroc convinced the brothers to sell him the right to franchise McDonald's nationwide.†   (source)
  • Smaller than any of the bullies, Adam nevertheless marched over and stood in front of Richie.†   (source)
  • There remained at the bottom of his mind, nevertheless, a numb speculation as to why this question should make him angry.†   (source)
  • McCormick nevertheless volunteered to go there to try to collect some human blood and bring the strain back alive to Atlanta.†   (source)
  • Very painful, nevertheless.†   (source)
  • Nick needed his interpreter present in the room as well, and this puzzled the pimp, who nevertheless accommodated.†   (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)
  • We returned to our places, shame in our souls but fear gnawing at us nevertheless.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless—†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, there had been one or two meaningful developments.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, you're in for a unique month, to say the least," I said.†   (source)
  • She had stopped expecting July to contribute to the conversation, but she resented his silence nevertheless.†   (source)
  • Do you say to yourself, 'Rats are disgusting creatures, but nevertheless they are living things with the same rights as me'?†   (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)
  • Nevertheless, my face burns.†   (source)
  • This will show we are in earnest, that we are prepared to punish, but are nevertheless ready to forgive.†   (source)
  • But what happens if he nevertheless later meets the one who was meant for him, the other part of himself?†   (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 I hid my anger and held my tongue and waited to see how it would end.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • Nevertheless, he believed in his men.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, the ancient Egyptian refused to wear wool until after the Alexandrian conquest, obviously citing its itchiness in warm climates.†   (source)
  • But you return a hero; nevertheless.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I wanted him to get ready also.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I forbid—†   (source)
  • Nevertheless I requested the job, and Mr. Butorsky, who controlled assignments, said that should work out just fine.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I have to come back to this particular fan.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, the interview has gone flawlessly.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless its folk are seldom seen, and maybe they dwell now deep in the woods and far from the northern border.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he did not seem aggressive.†   (source)
  • John thought this was a lie, but he appreciated the gesture nevertheless.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I climbed the stairs to his room as quietly as I could and listened outside his door.†   (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)
  • Nevertheless, it is said that this man has also spread the poison of blasphemy against Elyon throughout the Southern Forest in these past two years.†   (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)
  • You may continue nevertheless.†   (source)
  • It was an image nevertheless and that is why he felt recognition.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, I know now that few really listen to this music.†   (source)
  • The automobile careened over the road-an out-of-control driver, incapable of finding a straight line, but nevertheless speeding.†   (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)
  • The bantustan system was nevertheless instituted; the voters had opposed it, but participated in it simply by voting.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he said, he was willing to go ahead with a spring race.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless its shares were traded in Hong Kong Luna Exchange and listed in Zurich, London, and New York.†   (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, long banks of expresso machines were steaming like locomotives.†   (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)
  • To a thinking person, such resolutions are very valuable; nevertheless, they often leave a vacuum in the soul.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, Father must agree too, before we can go any further.†   (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)
  • Nevertheless, out on the boats I saw Viking crews stripped to the waist, trouser legs rolled up.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he could not help but wonder what police agency could boast such astonishingly beautiful women on its force.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, things have gotten easier, maybe almost nice.†   (source)
  • He would, for example, 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)
  • 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)
  • Nevertheless, they are our people.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, few nations have been in more wars, frequently started by the people.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • But nevertheless, it's a masterwork of cinematography, and I couldn't let Cate avoid it any longer.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • Nevertheless, I will be guided by you, as always, for you will always know the proper balance between justice and mercy.†   (source)
  • ROS: Nevertheless, I suppose one might say that this was a chance.... One might well ...accost him.... Yes, it definitely looks like a chance to me.... Something on the lines of a direct informal approach ...man to man ...straight from the shoulder.... Now look here, what's it all about ...sort of thing.†   (source)
  • Very, very minor but a presence nevertheless.†   (source)
  • What I am mourning is perhaps not worth saving, but I regret its loss nevertheless.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he hoped to God it was true.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • My fall, while less spectacular than your own, nevertheless involved elements of personal malice on the part of —†   (source)
  • Yet, the epic struggle nevertheless restored America's pride.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, the reasons behind the extermination program seemed to me right.†   (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)
  • I have decided, nevertheless, to—that is, decided I—†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, more than five million patriots, in every country, have signed our petition.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, she followed Alice's advice, listing certain essentials they would need and filling pails and bathtub with water before they left.†   (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 .†   (source)
  • But though the ways led away from the self, their end nevertheless always led back to the self.†   (source)
  • Then, learning that crowds had nevertheless gathered on the appointed morning, they hastily sent representatives to lead the demonstrators.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, there had to be a catch somewhere.†   (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)
  • 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 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, as the summer wore on, various unforeseen shortages began to make them selves felt.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Nevertheless, feeling against Frederick continued to run high.   (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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
    nevertheless = in spite of what was just said (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • 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)
  • But I forgive you, nevertheless, because it is such eloquent witness to your great love for me.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of what was just said (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Nevertheless, she sighed deeply.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of what was just said
  • That Hal's views on art, or the sort of society plays his mother's brother wrote, should have anything to do with the chopping of a few sticks of firewood, passes comprehension; nevertheless the quarrel was as likely to tend in that direction as in the direction of Charles's political prejudices.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of what was just said (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Matthew had sheepishly unfolded the dress from its paper swathings and held it out with a deprecatory glance at Marilla, who feigned to be contemptuously filling the teapot, but nevertheless watched the scene out of the corner of her eye with a rather interested air.   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of what was just said
  • Fortunately she fell on the other side, where the roof extended down over the porch so nearly to the ground that a fall therefrom was a much less serious thing. Nevertheless, when Diana and the other girls had rushed frantically around the house ... they found Anne lying all white and limp among the wreck and ruin of the Virginia creeper.   (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, the smell of human waste and death filled the air.†   (source)
    nevertheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Nevertheless there were boundaries, clearly indicated in wolfish fashion.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless he bore it with what stoicism he could muster until the female tired.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless I determined to try to draw Mike out of himself.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, occasionally they were still able to surprise me.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he never lost sight of Albert — and when he had drifted to within fifty feet of the sleeping wolf his demeanor changed dramatically.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless I did occasionally try to divert him by offering demonstrations of some of my scientific equipment.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless I connected the batteries, rigged the aerial, turned knobs and pressed buttons according to instructions — and went on the air.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, by the time the wolves were nearing the ridge, they were herding at least a hundred deer ahead of them.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, for two more days my skepticism ruled — until the afternoon when once again George appeared on the crest and cocked his ears toward the north.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless I persevered.†   (source)
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