All 35 Uses of
however
in
Gifted Hands
- However, Mother never asked, "Why can't you be like those smart boys?"
p. 30..9however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- At that point, however, I felt a new pressure—one that I hadn't been subjected to before.
p. 43..5
- By the time I hit the tenth grade, however, the peer pressure had gotten to be too much for me.
p. 46..3
- However, he decided to go back to college.
p. 59..9
- However, he played that record so often during his two weeks at home that I found myself going around humming the melody.
p. 67..1
- However, each college required a ten-dollar non-returnable entrance fee sent with the application.
p. 68..3
- However, I wanted to attend college farther away.
p. 68..7
- However, the economy hit a slump in the summer of '71, especially in the capital of the automobile industry.
p. 81..4
- Lack of funds wasn't my only worry that day, however.†
p. 86..5
- However, Candy was just another student, a nice person, and I didn't have any particularly warm feelings toward her.
p. 89..6however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- However, many doctors don't have this natural ability, and some, including surgeons, never learn this skill.
p. 99..1however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- I didn't begin in the top of my class, however.†
p. 100..2
- However, at some point in the conversation, Dr. Udvarhelyi made an oblique reference to a concert he had attended the night before.
p. 107..3however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- However, a few of the doctors tended to be snobbish, and that bothered me.
p. 110..2
- Each time, however, I was able to remind myself they were individuals speaking for themselves and not representative of all Whites.
p. 113..5
- However, Dr. Long called me into his office.
p. 117..4
- However, that episode evoked a great deal of anxiety in me.
p. 119..3
- Within minutes of our consultations, however, they relaxed and the smiles on their faces told me that I had their acceptance.
p. 134..5
- However, the side effects and mortality associated with the surgery were so great that hemispherectomy quickly fell out of favor as a viable surgical option.
p. 136..6
- By the time I heard about her situation, Maranda was experiencing up to 100 seizures a day, as often as three minutes apart, making the right side of her In the 1940s, however, a Montreal doctor, Theodore Rasmussen, discovered something new about the rare disease that affected Maranda.
p. 137..4
- However, I wasn't going to jump into some new kind of surgery without more information—and John Freeman wouldn't have wanted me to anyway.
p. 140..8
- However, she does lack fine motor coordination of the fingers on her right hand and walks with a slight limp.
p. 149..2
- However, I don't look only at the age of the patient.
p. 151..2
- No matter what they did, however, the seizures increased in frequency.
p. 157..8
- With Beth, however, the parents concluded, "She's doing too well."
p. 158..7
- Kathy and Brian Usher, however, were already starting to punish themselves for allowing their child to go through this drastic surgical procedure.
p. 160..5
- However, Craig's doctor (the original physician) did not realize it was another tumor and, as the Warnicks related the story to me, the doctor dismissed their fears.
p. 176..8
- The tests, however, confirmed that the Warnicks had . been correct.
p. 176..9
- He did, however, have endocrinological problems which required several weeks to regulate.
p. 180..3
- However, after talking with the Swedish inventor of the procedure, he decided it probably wouldn't work on Craig's particular type of tumor.
p. 181..2
- First, however, we had to be able to get their scalps closed before their swelling brains came completely out of their skulls.
p. 202..6
- One day, however, about three weeks before he went back to Germany, Patrick unfortunately aspirated (sucked) his food into his lungs.
p. 209..2
- Additional personnel didn't really solve my dilemma, however.†
p. 213..6
- However, things had not been going well.
p. 221..0 *however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- However, if we choose to see the obstacles as hurdles, we can leap over them.
p. 224..2
Definition:
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(however as in: However, complications may...) 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, despite that, nevertheless, nonetheless, on the other hand, in contrastand but.)