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Example sentences for "above all"

  • But, above all, he had never in all his placid scientific existence heard a man like that speak to him first.

  • Nobody was allowed to talk to him in silly baby language, or dandle him, or, above all to kiss him, though perhaps some people did it surreptitiously, for he was such a sweet baby that it was difficult to help it.

  • Above all there's no doubt she does love Strether.

  • But I beat no retreat; I did the opposite; I stayed, I dawdled, I trifled; above all I looked round.

  • With tact and good-breeding, and, above all, entirely without superfluous words, I blamed myself for all that had happened.

  • Above all, the parties to the Union were called on to declare expressly and unequivocally its intentions.

  • Above all, they regretted the large amount of the revenue of Britain, whilst they confessed, that such a province well deserved to become the seat of an independent monarchy.

  • Above all, let him not suspect that I am made acquainted with his imprudence.

  • Above all, let them throw off that Illuminism which gives them the appearance of impostors or dupes, rather than believers and apostles.

  • The squire had had everything repaired, and the public rooms and the sign repainted, and had added some furniture--above all a beautiful armchair for mother in the bar.

  • Above all," she added, "do not speak to the porter as you come out.

  • And, above all, why was the house thus stealthily prepared at dead of night?

  • Indeed, it is on that, above all, that I seek light.

  • The writings of this school are recognizable by their evangelical style, their melancholy theism, and, above all, their enigmatical dialectics.

  • But, above all, what a justification of a government which has adopted as its system the golden key!

  • That which is right upon this theory is intimately dictated to each man by himself, but can never be rigorously set forth in language, and never, above all, imposed upon another.

  • The jury is above all a political institution, and it must be regarded in this light in order to be duly appreciated.

  • The body of a State thus organized might boast of its stability, its power, and, above all, of its glory.

  • To speak to you of the worth of any sacrifice that you can make now--above all, of any sacrifice of mere money--would be idle and presumptuous.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    above all; above directed; above everything; above ground; above medium; above referred; above said; above stated; above them; above timber; acid rain; eight days; good round; hard labour; more inclined; much account; much boiling; never wanted; religious thought; since thou; speculative thought; state monopoly; thus replied; till now; vast number; worried about