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Not Without My Daughter
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- Nevertheless, I wanted him to get ready also.†
*nevertheless = despite that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Nevertheless, Essey welcomed us warmly.†
- Nevertheless, the chance to move into their apartment upstairs was far preferable to a return to Ameh Bozorg's and this offer was not taraf.†
- Nevertheless, Moody knew that unless the outstanding bills were settled, our creditors would eventually sue and recover their money along with interest and penalties.†
- Worlds apart from me in customs and dreams, they were nevertheless women who cared about children and wanted to nurture them in the only manner they knew.†
- Careful to hide their feelings, they nevertheless bristled at his cavalier attitude toward his wife and daughter.†
- Wary of his sister's devious personality, but nevertheless concerned, Moody rushed us to her house by taxi.†
- Surrounded by mobs of people hustling about on their various errands, I nevertheless felt more alone than ever before.†
- There was plenty of business to go around, but we nevertheless felt the need to cement working relationships through numerous social &ncnons.†
- It nevertheless left me quivering, alone in a darkened house, in a darkened city, in black despair.†
- I served the tea nevertheless, and as I turned to take the tray back to the kitchen, one of the women in my living room asked, "Are you American?"†
- He was small in stature, as are most Iranian men; nevertheless-or perhaps because of that-he carried himself with an insolent swagger.†
- Hating myself for returning to the role of the subordinate wife, I nevertheless played nursemaid to Mammal, fixing him the five bland meals prescribed for him daily.†
- Mammal's manner was as obnoxious and condescending as ever, but he nevertheless seemed to assume that I was thrilled with his presence.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(nevertheless) despite thatBased on idea 1 we might not expect idea 2, but this is a way of saying that even though idea 1 was just stated, we still have idea 2. Synonyms include in spite of that, despite that, nevertheless, nonetheless, on the other hand, in contrast and but.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)