All 9 Uses
although
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Hiroshima, by John Hersey
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- He reflected that, although the all clear had sounded and he had heard no planes, several bombs must have been dropped.†
Chpt 2 *although = even though -- used to connect contrasting ideas
- They had nothing on but underpants, and although the day was very hot, she worried rather confusedly about their being cold, so she went back into the wreckage and burrowed underneath and found a bundle of clothes she had packed for an emergency, and she dressed them in pants, blouses, shoes, padded— cotton air-raid helmets called bokuzuki and even, irrationally, overcoats.†
Chpt 2
- But at the same time, he and his friend observed something that puzzled them, and which, as doctors, they discussed: although there were as yet very few fires, wounded people were hurrying across the bridge in an endless parade of misery, and many of them exhibited terrible burns on their faces and arms.†
Chpt 2
- He blundered so without his glasses that he took a pair off the face of a wounded nurse, and although they only approximately compensated for the errors of his vision, they were better than nothing.†
Chpt 2
- Many, although injured themselves, 'supported relatives who were worse off.†
Chpt 2
- Although Dr Fujii's shoulder was by now terribly painful, he examined the girl's burns curiously.†
Chpt 2
- The next day, Mrs Nakamura, although she was too ill to walk much, returned to Hiroshima alone, by electric car to the outskirts, by foot from there.†
Chpt 3
- Although it soon became clear that many hibakusha suffered consequences of their exposure to the bombs which were quite different in nature and degree from those of survivors even of the ghastly fire bombings in Tokyo and elsewhere, the government made no special provision for their relief — until, ironically, after the storm of rage that swept across Japan when the twenty-three crewmen of a fishing vessel, the Lucky Dragon No.†
Chpt 5
- On the whole, her health had been all right, although, like many hibakusha who had been babies at the time of the bombing, her growth was definitely stunted.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(although) even though -- used to introduce an idea that contrasts with or makes the main statement surprisingAt the start of a sentence, although can play a role similar to words like however, yet, still, even so, on the other hand, or nonetheless—all of which signal contrast. In the middle of a sentence, although can sometimes be used where but or though might also work, but though or but often sound more natural. For example, "She's a great teacher, though not the most popular" is usually smoother than "She's a great teacher, although not the most popular."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)