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Example sentences for "notwithstanding his"

  • One of the wounded men made his way to Rayado, notwithstanding his injuries, and gave information of what had happened to himself and companion.

  • Notwithstanding his obduracy, notwithstanding the frightful fears which agitated him, Jacques Ferrand shuddered with alarm.

  • Upon this the hunters hauled at the rope to which the hook was attached, and, notwithstanding his struggles, drew "leviathan" to shore.

  • This young prince, notwithstanding his inexperience, had taken all the measures that were possible to protect his kingdom from the invader.

  • Notwithstanding his triumphs in Syria, he recognized the fact that Egypt had much to fear from her Asiatic neighbours, and could not hope to maintain for long her aggressive attitude in that quarter.

  • Certain great men, abusing his lenity, usurped the rights of his church; but the saint strenuously defended them even against the king himself, notwithstanding his threats to confiscate his lands.

  • The saint much commends their bishop Damas, and exhorts them to yield him perfect obedience, notwithstanding his youth.

  • Withur, count or governor of Bas, and all that coast, seconded by king Childebert, procured his ordination to the episcopal dignity, notwithstanding his tears to prevent it.

  • Notwithstanding his condition, and regardless of the presence of the king his father, who was sitting by him, he could not avoid exclaiming, "Heavens!

  • He served well and as he ran clumsily played close to the net: notwithstanding his club-foot he was quick, and it was difficult to get a ball past him.

  • The awful fear seized him that his uncle, notwithstanding his promises, might leave everything he had to the parish or the church.

  • In Philip, notwithstanding his shyness, he felt the possibility of a passion equal to his own.

  • But Mr. Roberts, notwithstanding his reticence, had been occupied in carefully pondering the subject since Mr. Ashton's first interview with him.

  • Notwithstanding his well-known religious character, Bramah seems to have fallen under the grievous displeasure of William Huntington, S.

  • Notwithstanding his anxiety to ascertain the fate of Amabel, Mr. Bloundel would not touch the packet until he had guarded against the possibility of being infected by it.

  • Notwithstanding his weakness, Leonard managed to keep up with him, and his curiosity being greatly aroused by what had just occurred, he began to study his appearance and features attentively.

  • The fatigue he had undergone was so great, that, notwithstanding his anxiety, he soon dropped asleep, and did not awake for several hours.

  • The Prophet approached the cage with same uneasiness, fearing that, notwithstanding his orders, Goliath had given the lion some bones to gnaw.

  • Rose continued: "I have observed with pain, that, notwithstanding his youth, Djalma is often subject to fits of deep melancholy.

  • Goliath, amazed that, notwithstanding his importunities, his master should still appear to neglect the animals' supper, regarded the Prophet with an increase of stupid astonishment.

  • She was a good-natured woman, and the handsome Curate had impressed her favourably, notwithstanding his misdoings.

  • Frank was startled, notwithstanding his preoccupations, for it was the same voice which had summoned him to Wentworth Rectory which now poured out its lamentations in the Miss Wentworths' drawing-room in Carlingford.

  • And could he possibly be called jealous, because he added that, "notwithstanding his defects, Shakspeare was still the most extraordinary of men of genius?

  • I said that Shelley, notwithstanding his originality of mind, was destined, through the mobility of his impressions, to be easily influenced by what he read.

  • She drew even such a portrait of Tyrcis that Tyrcis himself, who was listening, must have felt truly flattered at it, notwithstanding his rank as a shepherd.

  • The movement he made was so marked that Baisemeaux, notwithstanding his preoccupation, observed it.

  • She also recognised that, notwithstanding his strength, he was horribly sad.

  • As a subject of conversation I find he disagrees with me, notwithstanding his felicity of style and his admirable technique.

  • Yet he owed to those precepts that, notwithstanding his excesses, he appeared not unworthy of the empire of the world.

  • His courage and policy were indeed so superior to ours that, notwithstanding his defeats, he was soon in a condition to pursue the great plan of conquest and dominion which he had formed long before, and from which he never desisted.

  • Notwithstanding his catalogues of foreign countries, he was hardly a cosmopolitan.

  • II Invention he has to a plentiful degree, notwithstanding his giving it second place in comparison with imagination.

  • Yet Zola lives despite these predictions, as the above figures show, notwithstanding his loquacity in regard to themes that should be tacenda to every writer.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    allow the; attempt was; being desirous; brisk pace; but could; central cavity; differs from; emigration from; fourths inches; get his; grace unto; just tell; long visit; notwithstanding his; notwithstanding the; notwithstanding this; officer came; she had; though whether; variable number; visit her; vpon paine; whole host; would prefer