She felt quiet; it mattered so little now what the neighbours thought of her if only David might die happy, and David still believed he had heard the cuckoo.
That a man should be a Conservative or a Radical mattered not to the dead, and the living must discharge for the dead their debt of gratitude.
What mattered to him now that old Baroness Kniebreche's gold eye-glass was so long fixed upon him with such a disagreeable stare, and then let fall with a movement that plainly said: It was hardly worth the trouble!
It mattered little, either, where the pursuit ended--for to-day!
What mattered to him that Count Golm avoided seeing him as long as he could possibly do so, and, when it was no longer possible, walked past him with a snappish "Ah, Captain!
Indeed, what mattered it if all these Frenchmen cut each other's throats?
It no longer mattered to him whether she were plain or pretty, youthful or worn; whatever she was, he loved her.
What matteredit whether beautiful or not, so long as it never changed?
It mattered not what a man had in property, if it was not in gold it had no price, and there was no market for anything except on a cash basis.
It mattered not what was the kind of weather, the young man would start off to the timber with the thermometer frequently at from twenty-five to thirty below zero.
What mattered it that they would be likely to ascribe a wrong motive to my caution?
Van Anden did not know that Ester Ried stood in the doorway below, and was at that precise moment in need of just such help as this; but then whatmattered that, so long as the Master did?
It mattered little to her where she spent the night, so that she got her allotted hours of good, sound sleep.
What mattered it to her at this moment that he possessed somewhere in the universe a wife, which irrevocably separated her from him by every social law and moral rule?
It mattered very little what Sartoris said to Beatrice, for the gist of the conversation could easily be gathered from the girl on some future occasion.
She resigned herself dully to the maid; she took not the slightest interest in the proceedings; whether she looked ill or well mattered nothing.
It hardly mattered where we lay down--as under its wide-spread canopy there was ample choice, and nowhere was the dew likely to disturb our slumbers.
They would not hear, or, if they did, would not heed me; and what mattered it, for I could not doubt but what the man had said was meant as serious truth.
He had already made his bargain; and although the slaves were still in the barracoon, they were no longer his, and itmattered not to him into whose hands they fell.
Northerly winds prevented his reaching the right latitude in time, but it mattered little.
What mattered if the sisters gathered in the lower hall heard him?
What mattered if the chance guest who had just arrived heard him also?
He knew that it was so, but that mattered little to him.
He was carried home to the house of a gentleman who lived in those parts, in order that he might be saved the longer journey to the Priory;--but the length of the road mattered but little to him.
It mattered little whether Fraulein von Vieradlers was in the conspiracy or not.
What mattered was that he wore his travelling clothes, and that he stood stockily in the gangway like a man who does not know what is expected of him.
The things that had mattered so much, which had seemed so laughable or so tragic, were like the repetition of a story in which they could only force a polite interest.
He was quite certain that the loss of a day mattered a great deal to him, his position being what it was.
It mattered little if the woman happened to be already married, as such proceedings were supposed by many to constitute a sufficient divorce.
It mattered little whether it was a mask, a miracle play, a church procession or a royal progress, a cock fight or a bear baiting.
It mattered not a rush what Shane might say or think.
What happened to the rest of the Privy Council matteredlittle to him.
She, too, then knew the fatal secret; but it mattered not, for she was in his power.
She was gay, nothingmattered now--have as much fun as possible.
The storm between husband and wife blew over; it was not outwardly of long duration, and again Mrs. Linchmore singled out another--it mattered not to her whom she flirted with.
Nothing mattered but the woes which had come to Mary Rowland and the necessity of his shouldering them--fighting them.
Nothing mattered but her happiness, and he told himself that she should have happiness if he died to give it to her.
It mattered little that embers, some of them still hot, were drifting in the stream, or that the water itself was now lukewarm--it was a haven from the horror that had just passed.
The car was crowded, but they had so much to talk about and were so eager to say it that the inconvenience of short space mattered little.
How the thing had come about mattered nothing now.
Nevertheless she missed some attributes of a good wife, not from the conventional standpoint, which mattered nothing to her, but from her own standard of right-doing.
Republican or Democrat itmattered not--they set out to determine from the material before them what was Right and what was Wrong.
Owing to the thoroughness of her mental methods she was psychologically free, the legal tiemattered as little as if Mortimer had been transposed by some beneficent law to the status of a brother.
After all he had had nothing to lose as far as Alexina was concerned; one's sister hardly mattered (Did women matter much, anyhow?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mattered" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
