All 11 Uses
moreover
in
The Plague
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- But naturally that was impossible to put into practice; moreover, what man knows ten thousand faces?†
Part 1 *
- Richard said it was a mistake to paint too gloomy a picture, and, moreover, the disease hadn't been proved to be contagious; indeed, relatives of his patients, living under the same roof, had escaped it.†
Part 1
- Moreover, the epidemic seemed to be on the wane; on some days only ten or so deaths were notified.†
Part 1
- Moreover, in this extremity of solitude none could count on any help from his neighbor; each had to bear the load of his troubles alone.†
Part 2
- But, for one thing, now that the town was closed and the harbor out of bounds, there was no question of bathing; moreover, they were in a quite exceptional frame of mind and, though in their heart of hearts they were far from recognizing the enormity of what had come on them, they couldn't help feeling, for obvious reasons, that decidedly something had changed.†
Part 2
- Moreover, he was sure that for a long while to come travelers would give the town a wide berth.†
Part 2
- People, moreover, spend very freely.†
Part 2
- This was their way of resisting the bondage closing in upon them, and while their resistance lacked the active virtues of the other, it had (to the narrator's thinking) its point, and moreover it bore witness, even in its futility and incoherences, to a salutary pride.†
Part 2
- Moreover, the plague medal had the disadvantage of having far less moral effect than that attaching to a military award, since in time of pestilence a decoration of this sort is too easily acquired.†
Part 3
- Thus, while it is true that all who were parted came ultimately to this state, we must add that all did not attain it simultaneously; moreover, once this utter apathy had fallen on them, there were still flashes of lucidity, broken lights of memory that rekindled in the exiles a younger, keener sensibility.†
Part 3
- Moreover, most people, assuming they had not altogether abandoned religious observances, or did not combine them naïvely with a thoroughly immoral way of living, had replaced normal religious practice by more or less extravagant superstitions.†
Part 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(moreover) in addition to what has just been said
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)