Both were in good favour with the King; both high in power, both spoiled.
Courtenay declaring he had been insulted by La Vauguyon and forced to draw his sword, and the other telling the same tale, both were sent to the Bastille.
The two ministers threw the fault upon each other; but the truth is, both were to blame.
Both were impassive, and gesticulated but little; both appeared to be prudent men, and their silence and reserve were supposed to hide great intellectual powers.
But the man who undertakes such a task needs money above all things, and must bear a high heart in him; both were wanting in your case.
It was a cold blooded proposition, but neither face exhibited any regret; both were intoxicated by success; untroubled by any scruples of conscience.
Both were standing, West with hand on the knob of the door.
Both were fighting, both were, spoiling, both werenever peaceful.
Both were paid in advance[A], and neither was temporary.
The Stranger was a domestic and personal servant, and in some instances mechanical; both were occasional, procured temporally to serve an emergency.
Both were gentlemen of the highest respectability.
Both were paid in advance,[A] and neither was temporary.
Both were pale, but the cheek of the Mayor, on which the light lay strongest, glistened with moisture.
Again the lame boy and Mary exchanged glances--both were pale, and the soft eyes of the boy glistened, with coming tears.
Isabel forgot her other admirers in looking at the two young men, as they stood together contrasted, and yet in many things so much alike; both were tall, and an air of singular refinement distinguished them above all others.
Both were destitute of the abilities and of the information which are necessary to statesmen.
Both were angry; and a war began, in which Frederic stooped to the part of Harpagon, and Voltaire to that of Scapin.
Both were reared in a country house and both wereat the same schools until the age of 16.
Both were kind to children, and both belonged rather to the eighteenth than to the nineteenth centuries.
The habits of neither were good; both were apt to drink hard and to live low lives; but the Bostonian suffered less than the Virginian.
Both were satisfied, too, that he had no money, or he would have obtained a credit where Jack had obtained his exchange.
Both were young, perhaps twenty-seven or twenty-eight years of age, and both were perfect pictures of good health and good nature.
Both were supported by the thought that a duty had been presented and must not be avoided.
Both were white to the lips; their sky, the moment before so clear and still, was now black and thunderous with a frightful storm.
Both were relieved, as at a crisis postponed, when it became necessary for him to go abroad again immediately.
Nevertheless, both were depressed by the appearance of the vultures and the heat that afternoon grew more intense than ever.
Both were grave, appreciating fully the fact that they were about to go into battle.
Both were so thickly plastered with sand and dust that they had little human semblance.
The Panther did not seem to be hurt, but, in an instant, both were surrounded by Mexicans.
Both were startled, although they knew that they were safe, and involuntarily they drew back.
Not once did she come abreast with him, and not one word did either say, but the mind and heart of both were busy.
Both were dim-sighted, both wore spectacles, both of their old nags were going at a walk, making no noise in the deep sand, and only when both horses stopped did either ancient peer forward and see the other.
Both were mystified, greatly disturbed, drawn more than ever by the proud withdrawal of the mountain boy and girl, and both were anxious to make amends.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "both were" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
