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Example sentences for "even then"

  • Even then he was laconic, and he seemed to be listening and waiting.

  • Even then Bassett's first thought was of fire.

  • Even then he might have felt that, by the time David was compelled to relinquish his hold on his practice, he himself would be sufficiently established in his specialty to take over the support of the household.

  • Even then he was slow to read into the incident anything that related to himself or to his errand.

  • The change was beneficial in many respects, even then.

  • Had existence been to her but one song of thanksgiving, even then to lie thus had been more desirable.

  • It is good to know that, even then, I was under no foolish illusion.

  • Again and again I doubted myself, even then.

  • Even then I had to wait for the time when I undertook a critical department in one of the magazines, before I felt the rise of the old enthusiasm for an author.

  • Even then, it is not too much to say that literature as an art could get on perfectly well without it.

  • She had had a curious instinct for truth, even then.

  • Even then," he persisted, "it's a big thing.

  • Had it not been for the eyes of the elevator man, fixed on her while he lounged in his gateway, she might have gone away, even then.

  • I found that there were different ideas of the resurrection among "orthodox" people, even then.

  • I think I understood dimly, even then, that mean avarice and self-seeking ambition always find their true level in muddy earth, never among the stars.

  • Even then it seemed to me as if it might lead everywhere; and it was indeed but the beginning of a road which must lengthen and widen beneath my feet forever.

  • Believe me, even then he will not cease to create scandals, but they will be historical events.

  • Indeed, Nemesis is even then true to herself when she simply kicks like a horse.

  • Even then he stood in the way of other people.

  • Even then, I did exercises for other boys, and seldom did my own.

  • And which it is to be took into account that if it wos, it wouldn't, even then, be all o' one side.

  • He remembered having heard in the hunting-field that she was Winton's natural daughter; even then it had made him long to punch the head of that covertside scandal-monger.

  • No decision--a mere instinctive cry for help, in spite of his knowledge, even then, that she did not love him!

  • Even then, vigorous and drastic plans were being discussed, and a splendid program of municipal reforms was already dimly outlined.

  • Even then, though I was very much afraid, for god as I was, a nod from this mighty king would have sent me to death by torment, I wondered at the folly of one who in everything else was so wise.

  • Even then, as I stood upon the eve of death, I felt my blood run hot within me at the sting of his coarse taunts.

  • Even then I knew it again; it was the idol of the god Tezcat that the Spaniards had torn from its shrine, and like an avenging demon it rushed straight on to me.

  • Even then he had an evil fame, though he was scarcely more than a lad, but he was handsome in person, set high in birth, and of a pleasing manner.

  • There was some delay, even then, for Spunk had to be provided with sleeping quarters; and it was not without some hesitation that Billy finally placed the kitten in the reluctant hands of Pete, who had been hastily summoned.

  • Even then, in spite of the great light that leaped to his eyes, Bertram advanced only a single step.

  • Even then he thought he could not have heard aright.

  • Even then, being too much preoccupied to inquire the way, I missed the road and had to walk a long distance before coming to the shore.

  • Could we employ the ocean as a lens, and force truth from the sky, even then I think there would be much more beyond.

  • Even supposing the pure principles to be illusions, and annihilation the end, even then it is better--it is something gained to have thought them.

  • Even then I may not be fully convinced in my own mind that our adventure has reached its climax.

  • Nor had he the faintest suspicion that she was even then on Graustark soil and waiting as eagerly as he for the procession to pass a given point.

  • He refused positively to have his identity disclosed at this time, and Gourou had to say to the newspapers that the Prince was even then on his way to Vienna, hurrying homeward as fast as steel cars could carry him.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    above ground; brute animals; each man; even after; even although; even before; even down; even during; even for; even greater; even keel; even number; even should; even then; even they; even voice; even went; even while; even whilst; even years; evening paper; evening party; great gain; hath reached; make known; three crowns