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Example sentences for "even for"

  • He would have given a good deal for a chance to talk to the man--even for a minute.

  • Not so bad, even for twenty-five years of vegetable selling from a pushcart!

  • But you are not to wait, even for him, if you detect the slightest disturbance in that house before he comes.

  • The room was unusually dark, even for night-time.

  • So that God's presence is the desire of the righteous for this cause also, even for that by it they gather that God delighteth in them.

  • There are few forces enough in the world to-day to make us happy, even for a little space.

  • There was so much sorrow and grief in the land that it was the duty of all who could dispel it, if even for a little space, to do what they could.

  • I looked around for a hut or some such place, or even for a tent, and, seeing nothing of the sort, wondered where we might be going to eat.

  • I can scarce remember, even for myself, what happened there at Dunoon.

  • I should not wish any girl to feel that she were obliged to contribute money to the club, even for dues.

  • The bare idea that there might come a time when her beloved work would fail to fill her life was not to be considered, even for a moment.

  • It's a long walk, even for a cadet, to Captain Steele's quarters.

  • His horizon would be smaller, but even if he were six feet tall he would only have one foot for each mile of that world's diameter, so you see he would be little enough, even for a world that he could walk around in half a day.

  • The Egyptians adopted it even for some of their kings.

  • It was a large meal, even for a growing boy; but every mouthful seemed to put a new sinew into his frame.

  • Ham Morris wouldn't wait five minutes for the Queen of England, or even for me.

  • It would not have been an easy thing to do, even for so good a lawyer as Mr. Foster, if Burgin himself had not saved them all trouble on that score.

  • The guides who had conducted us thus far on our journey were about to return; and I endeavored in vain to obtain others to lead us, even for a few days, in the direction (east) which we wished to go.

  • The road was occasionally enlivened by meeting Indians, and the day was extremely beautiful and pleasant; and we were pleased to be free from the sage, even for a day.

  • Albeit, the lash of proscription, to a man accustomed to equal social position, even for a time, as I was, has a sting for the soul hardly less severe than that which bites the flesh and draws the blood from the back of the plantation slave.

  • It was new, hard, and dirty work, even for a calker, but I went at it with a glad heart and a willing hand.

  • Nature, or his cruel habits, had given to his face an expression of unusual savageness, even for a slave-driver.

  • It is such, not only for those who eagerly participate in it, but also for those who stand aloof from it--even for those by whom it is opposed.

  • Confess that you are obliged to me for enabling you, even for a moment, to lay aside that mask of piety, amiability, and goodness, which must be so troublesome to you.

  • Even for Mammon's sake Mr. Raymount was not the man to hide or mask his opinions.

  • We forget that God has larger ends, even for us, than we can see, so his plans do not fit ours.

  • He seemed to have no inordinate desire for admiration or even for approbation.

  • In those days, even for science, faith and intuition were alone possible.

  • I am the worst person in the world to make plans, even for myself, I find it so troublesome.

  • Deeply, Maud, I regret having tolerated his suit to you, even for a moment.

  • I write, even for a moment, upon these small matters of business with an effort--a painful one, but necessary.

  • How hopeless it is to tidy away the past, even for others!

  • Don't ask ME for help, or even for sympathy.

  • Can't it strike you--even for a moment--that your life has been heroic?


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "even for" 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:
    east and; even after; even although; even among; even approximately; even before; even break; even from; even greater; even keel; even know; even longer; even terms; even today; even unto; even unto the end; even went; even while; even with; even worse; evening dress; evening paper; great satisfaction; other object; pretty hard; such occasions