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Example sentences for "then very"

  • Then very gently he raised his hands and tried to unclasp her fingers.

  • For an instant he stayed motionless; then very quietly he drew away from her, releasing her hands.

  • Then very quietly he opened the door and crossed the hall.

  • Then very gently, very pitifully, but withal very steadily, his verdict fell through the silent room.

  • She looked up then very sharply, and against her will a burning blush rose up to her temples.

  • For a while longer he held her silently, then very quietly he began to question her about her journey.

  • Then very soberly, like a child with a lesson, she began to repeat Barton's impulsive phrases.

  • Then very, very slowly, with no realization of eyelids, with no realization of lifting his eyelids, Barton began to see things.

  • Then very leisurely he began to laugh again.

  • Then very suddenly he extricated it again and uttered a growl that might have risen from the heart of a lion.

  • For several seconds he sat silent, then very steadily he spoke.

  • He stood for a moment looking at the boy, then very sharply he moved, bent, and snapped the thing across his knee.

  • Then very suddenly: "He asked me if I'd got a headache and I told him No," he flung out defiantly.

  • Then very quietly he dropped his pipe back into his pocket and grasped her slender wrists.

  • Then very quietly he placed Sylvia's bridle in her hand, and put her from him.

  • He was silent a moment; then very suddenly he moved, put his arm around her, drew her close.

  • Eustace's hand remained for a moment or two stiffly unresponsive; then very suddenly it closed and held.

  • He looked at her thoughtfully for a few seconds, then very kindly he patted her hand as it rested on the gate.

  • Then very quietly he went to Violet, bent over her, gathered the dark hair back upon her shoulders.

  • Then very quietly he proceeded to remove her shoes.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "then very" 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:
    eighty years; then about; then beat; then began; then each; then found; then laid; then living; then made; then pack; then pass; then place; then proceeded; then ready for use; then remove; then removed; then replied; then season; then take; then take off the; then transferred; then turned; then upon; then wash; then work; while another