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Example sentences for "but really"

  • But really, Teddy, the effect of these girls has been excellent.

  • But really, when my Lord Derford comes, it can't possibly be quite so bad, for at least there will be something else to look at; and you must know my eyes tire extremely of always seeing the same objects.

  • I know nothing of your old woman,' replied his wife; 'but really I cannot allow cheese to come beyond the kitchen.

  • But really everything is so changed since dear Lady Cumnor has been an invalid that perhaps they won't go at all.

  • I felt somewhat disappointed at Hardee's escape, but really am not to blame.

  • I had moved into my new house, but prudently had not sent for my family, nominally on the ground of waiting until the season was further advanced, but really because of the storm that was lowering heavy on the political horizon.

  • At the outset a question arose, seemingly trivial, but really serious.

  • There are men who go to your own State Capitol, nominally as legislators or advisers, but really to plunder and steal.

  • Lucrezia also had come to Rome, on the pretext of taking part in the solemnity, but really, as we shall see later, with the view of serving as a new instrument for her father's ambition.

  • For a long time all search was in vain, but one day the wife of a miller named Semenil came into town ostensibly to buy provisions, but really to denounce them as being concealed, with two other Camisards, in her husband's house.

  • It seemed very nice to have young Fleet my humble servant; but really, father, he deserves promotion.

  • But really he had spoken of the competition with such an extreme casualness that with little effort she had dismissed it from her anxieties as involving a contingency so remote as to be negligible.

  • But really it was too tempting to be declined.

  • Maud had a sense of temporary defeat, and was planning fresh operations; but really it was Maud who had conquered.

  • But really there is not much to get--a couple of good rifles and two brace of pistols, with a good store of ammunition, those clothes you have just bought, and two or three suits of duck for the voyage.

  • But really seriously I am awfully sorry about it all, and if there is anything that I can possibly do for you I shall be only too pleased.

  • But really I think she will be an acquisition to the party.

  • No; but really I had scarcely begun,' remonstrated Mr. Winkle.

  • She had scolded him in their behalf apparently; but really because he had made her jealous by his interest, of whatever kind, in some one else.

  • What would he have thought, if he had seen Jane stroking me down with the brush on the plea of dust, but really on the principle of stroking a dog!

  • She begged to be allowed to help in their parish work, under Miss Mercy Faithfull's guidance; and Sir Roland stood still, while she fancied she was learning to make little frocks, but really listening to their revelations of so new a world.

  • All this would be funny if it weren't so pathetic; but really I can't get away from the picture of that poor lonely woman sewing those doll clothes for the little unknown girl that she wasn't sure she could have.

  • But really I ought to feel somewhat gratified that the Pendletons were willing to trust me with such a responsible post.

  • But really it would just be a pose if I pretended to be very sorrowful.

  • But really, Bruce, I'm sorry I bothered you, telling you about it.

  • But really I think your people are charming' 'To you I know they are,' said he.

  • But really, Bruce, you're better than you think.

  • There was something rather nice happened after--But really, now!

  • I knew she was a ridiculous creature, but really--!


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "but really" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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