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Example sentences for "but though"

  • But though it was proper to say this to him, in order to make him more fearful of offending, I do not say so to you.

  • But though I endeavor to acquiesce under these reflections, yet the same tenderness which led me to show them these indulgences weakens and gets the better of me.

  • But though there is plenty of water, there are no marshes; for the ground being on a slope, whatever water it receives without absorbing runs off into the Tiber.

  • But though a Kayan village is seldom attacked, and though the Kayans do not wantonly engage in bloodshed, yet they will always stoutly assert their rights, and will not allow any injury done to any member of the tribe to go unavenged.

  • But though we describe the society of Sarawak as being now a completed structure, the simile is inadequate and might mislead.

  • But though he chopped with might and main he made no impression, and his gentle spouse was horrified to see the crudeness of his methods.

  • But though no longer in official life his leisure was fully occupied.

  • But though often at court, he seems to have been no sympathiser with Norman oppression, and is even said to have bearded the king himself.

  • He is punished for his benefits to man; but though Zeus is tyrannous and ungrateful, the hero's reckless defiance is shocking to Greek feeling.

  • But though a sincere Roman Catholic, his whole spirit as a historian was hostile to ultramontane pretensions, and his independence of thought and liberalism of view speedily brought him into conflict with the Roman Catholic hierarchy.

  • But though we may often object to his objects, we rarely find much to criticise in his means.

  • But though in the earliest and in the latest time government by discussion has been a principal organ for improving mankind, yet, from its origin, it is a plant of singular delicacy.

  • I fear it is not; but though I have often looked at wing of the wild and tame bird, I cannot call to mind the exact colours.

  • But though I am inclined to profit by Croll's maximum excentricity for the glacial period, I consider it quite subordinate to geographical causes or the relative position of land and sea and the abnormal excess of land in polar regions.

  • Immediately Craig and I were upon him, but though we lifted him clear off the ground we could not loosen that two-handed strangling grip.

  • He was a character in his way, fond of his glass; but though he was never known to refuse a drink, he was never known to be drunk.

  • But though I may misuse mine own leisure, I have never neglected the duty I owe my master.

  • Me also he tried to deceive; but though I contradicted him not, he saw that I knew too much of his secrets to be any longer a safe companion.

  • Letters were written to Slim and Perak, but though we ascertained the party had reached Slim, they did not remain there, and they have not yet been discovered.

  • But though little of it is left now to be seen, there is still enough to make us stand in awe and reverence before the genius of the great master.

  • But though he loved Florence and was proud to do his painting in Rome, his heart ever drew him back to the city on the hill whose name he bore.

  • But though he would not take this honour himself, he told the Pope of a friend of his, a humble brother, Fra Antonino, at the convent of San Marco, who was well fitted to do the work.

  • But though we have so few of his pictures, those few alone are enough to show that it was more than an idle jest which made his companions give him the nickname of George the Great.

  • But though no other nation has ever had any written whaling law, yet the American fishermen have been their own legislators and lawyers in this matter.

  • But though it has ceased to be a source of energy, the attraction of gravity still acts as a force, which holds the earth and weight together.

  • But though he produced a heavy glass of great refractive power, its value to optics did not repay him for the pains and labour bestowed on it.

  • But though I have not money, I have influence, and I promise to use it on your behalf.

  • But though he was very much offended he did not let the girl see it, and begged and, prayed her so hard to marry him that, at last, she consented, very unwillingly.

  • He walked through the forest for several days without seeing anyone but his friends the squirrels and the bears and the birds, but though he stopped and spoke to them all, he was careful not to let them know where he was going.


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