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Example sentences for "for though"

  • If other cause aught doth yow for to dwelle, That with your lettre ye me recomforte; 1395 For though to me your absence is an helle, With pacience I wol my wo comporte, And with your lettre of hope I wol desporte.

  • For though that he bigan to wowe hir sone, Er he hir wan, yet was ther more to done.

  • For though ther be no cause, yet hem semen Al be for harm that folk hir freendes quemen; And who may stoppen every wikked tonge, Or soun of belles whyl that they be ronge?

  • I will if I can, for though I wouldn't own this to everybody, I like it in him very much and feel as if Steve and I should get on beautifully.

  • Fortunately, his mother let him alone, for though Dr.

  • Steve, ruffling up like a little gamecock, for though he saw now what he had done and was ashamed of it, he hated to have Mac air his peculiar notions before other people.

  • At that story Rosamund wept and shrank from him a little, for though it was this prince who had stolen her from her home, she loved Hassan.

  • Nay, Sir Balian, for that I should be sorry, nor will I suffer it, for though a Christian he is a man after my own heart.

  • That is a pity," answered Wulf, "for though she is so tied up, she must be a tall and noble lady by the way she sits her horse.

  • For though it had seemed to have an ecclesiastical basis during the service, and he had persuaded himself that such was the case, he could not altogether be blind to the real nature of the magnetism.

  • The trees overhead deepened the gloom of the hour, and they dripped sadly upon him, impressing him with forebodings--illogical forebodings; for though he knew that he loved her he also knew that he could not be more to her than he was.

  • He was, however, too hopeful as it appeared, for though he managed to fashion a shoe which was in his eyes the equal of the other, the Lad was captious and would not commend it.

  • For though any of these accidents would have marred the ending, love is a divinity above all accidents, and guards his own with extraordinary obstinacy.

  • So the Young Gerard grew up, and as he grew the cherry-tree grew likewise, but in the strangest fashion; for though it flourished past all expectation, it never put forth either leaf or blossom.

  • The Shepherd said no more, for though he was both curious and ill-tempered he had not the courage to disturb the lady, knowing by the richness of her attire that she was of the quality; and the iron of serfdom was driven deep into his soul.

  • For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

  • A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

  • For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

  • For though I should have a mind to glory, I shall not be foolish: for I will say the truth.

  • For though I be absent in body, yet in spirit I am with you, rejoicing, and beholding your order and the steadfastness of your faith which is in Christ.

  • For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.

  • Breulh will help me," cried he; "for though I cannot go to the house, he will have no difficulty in doing so.

  • They are aware that I am rich, for I have inherited a great fortune, which is certainly without encumbrance; for though I could raise a million to-morrow upon my estates in Poitiers, I have up to this time not chosen to do so.

  • Adam himself was not come back from Stoniton, for though he shrank from seeing Hetty, he could not bear to go to a distance from her again.

  • The fault has all been mine, for though I have been unable to resist the longing to be near you, I have felt all the while that your affection for me might cause you grief.

  • I was thankful for your tidings about the dear friends at the Hall Farm, for though I sent them a letter, by my aunt's desire, after I came back from my sojourn among them, I have had no word from them.

  • For though we have received of God all good things in abundance we are not able to retain any of them or use them in security and happiness, if He did not give us a permanent and peaceful government.

  • For though we had the bones of all the saints or all holy and consecrated garments upon a heap, still that would help us nothing; for all that is a dead thing which can sanctify nobody.

  • For though I am now chaste, patient, kind, and in firm faith, the devil will this very hour send such an arrow into my heart that I can scarcely stand.

  • In the evening I gave him my mattress, on which he passed the night, for though he looked neat and clean enough I did not care to have him to sleep with me, dreading the results of a lover's dreams.

  • Now there was no more night for me, and also no more salad, for though I was very fond of it the need of keeping the oil to give light caused me to make this sacrifice without it costing me many pangs.

  • How little was needed my father, even at that time, did not know, for though he was very careful in providing me with the least amount he thought necessary, I soon found by experience that he had given me a great deal too much.

  • My general collection of birds was, however, almost at a standstill; for though I at length obtained a man to shoot for me, he was not good for much, and seldom brought me more than one bird a day.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    caustic soda; for aught; for every; for just; for man; for some time past; for the last time; for the most part; for then; for you must know; force sufficient; force their; foreign assistance; foreign birth; foreign coin; foreign exchange; foreign immigration; foreign state; foreign states; formal education; former ages; former letter; former navigators; former work; formic acid; forms part