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However, complications may...
Definition
though (or another expression that connects contrasting ideas)
(Based on idea 1 we might not expect idea 2, but this is a way of saying that even though idea 1 exists, we still have idea 2. Synonyms include in spite of that,, nevertheless, nonetheless, on the other hand, in contrastand but.)
(Based on idea 1 we might not expect idea 2, but this is a way of saying that even though idea 1 exists, we still have idea 2. Synonyms include in spite of that,
- However, the urge—so wildly out of character that it made even Annie laugh—had little, if anything, to do with religion.Twenty-five (56% in)
- The purge was now almost over, however, and Annie and Farlow had recently become skillful at constructing payoff deals which bought the silence of those departing.One (40% in)
- Today however, when the girls rode out from the trees and into the sun, all they found was the bloody, severed wing of a bird.One (49% in)
- Since the spring however, when Annie had taken on this new job, things had become strained.Two (81% in)
- Unlike his father however, there was nothing sad about this quietness.Eight (52% in)
- Baking the French-style apple tart she was serving for dessert however, hadn't been half the task of working out how they all might get to eat it.Twenty-three (3% in)
- There was such hope however, such a promise of light in this tentative act of trust by Pilgrim that she felt something shift and open within her and knew that it was permanent.Twenty-six (36% in)
- The city today, Robert now knew, was a mere skeleton of what it then was, but "had lost nothing of its charm," none of which, however, was immediately apparent from the vantage of Robert's window seat.Twenty-eight (57% in)
- More powerfully however, and even though she told herself how foolish it was, she felt she was betraying Tom by what she was doing now.Twenty-nine (90% in)
- Still however, something had restrained her from telling him; and now she wondered if it was the fear of how he would react.Thirty-four (71% in)
- Unlike the pain of losing Tom however, it was a pain she could at least imagine.Thirty-four (79% in)
- What they could tell however, was that she was riding the horse as hard as hell and that if she kept it up he'd soon be on his knees.Thirty-five (42% in)
- Sometimes however, Robert would drive her.Thirty-six (71% in)
There are no more uses of "however" flagged with this meaning in The Horse Whisperer.
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- When however in May the world at last warmed, they seemed to reassert themselves and the blossom when it came was full and unblemished.Thirty-six (3% in)
- Pilgrim however was amazed.One (30% in)
- A second scan however had found some diffused bleeding in the brain so they had drilled a tiny hole in her skull and inserted something that was now monitoring the pressure inside.Two (68% in)
- The guilt about Rachel however had stayed with him.Nine (45% in)
- In the end, they did however decide to tell her about the man from Montana.Ten (43% in)
- This silence however was of a new order.Thirteen (12% in)
- Her mother however made this impossible.Fourteen (87% in)
- However fragile, the confidence and trust Tom had been working for were set.Twenty-eight (46% in)
- She worried more however that she might let Pilgrim down.Twenty-eight (88% in)
- If however it really was as urgent as Robert said, which by her tone she seemed to doubt, she would try to contact Dr. Auerbach on his behalf.Thirty (17% in)
- He didn't query it however.Thirty (24% in)
- Some few however found a final brief reprieve on the white gauze netting of a cradle which, since the weather had grown mild, stood daily in the dappled shade.Thirty-six (7% in)
There are no more uses of "however" in The Horse Whisperer.
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