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Example sentences for "though only"

  • My soul has been all along at peace, though only so little as yet, comparatively, has come in (in all 127l.

  • Through the support which I receive from the Lord, I am not cast down, though only so little as yet has come in.

  • I must not however pass over the line of defence which our author takes, though only a few words will be necessary.

  • But something very strange had happened, though only for a second; it seemed really to have escaped the old man’s mind that Alyosha’s mother actually was the mother of Ivan too.

  • The assembly of Virginia was in session when the news came that the tax was enacted, and Patrick Henry, a lawyer, brought forward some defiant resolutions, of which four were carried, though only by a small majority.

  • After an exciting struggle Fox was re-elected for Westminster, though only as second member, and, as we shall see, even this triumph was disputed.

  • There is another branch of what may be called the Philosophy of Error, which must be mentioned here, though only to be excluded from our subject.

  • The short interval of quiet, though only a few minutes in duration, enabled Solomon Gills so far to collect his wits as to make some little arrangements for her comfort, and to darken the room, and to screen her from the blaze.

  • The early Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, though only external, is perfect.

  • I trust it is neither Philistinism nor perversity which makes me think of it a little, though only a little, less highly than some have done.

  • Luther urges the secular power to make an end of the “thievery” of the clerics, and how he ascribes to this power the right of summoning Councils, though only “when needful.

  • In the following year it was reintroduced in the original form, and was passed by both Houses, though only by a slender majority in the Council.

  • A ministerial measure which would have introduced female suffrage, though only in the constituencies of the Assembly, has twice been passed by that House.

  • I think the knowledge that I must part from you on Thursday (though only for a short time) is embittering me.

  • So busy has she been, it seems to her as though only a minute has elapsed since her departure.

  • With the living love so near her she for the first time (though only for a moment) forgets the dead one.

  • As a matter of course, too, Karo admitted various elements of mysticism, though only sparingly, as if unwilling to place the Zohar upon a level with the Talmud in matters of practical religious observance.

  • At first this was harmless fiction, but afterwards it was turned against the Jews, as though only a Jewish Shylock could be capable of such hardness of heart as to insist on the payment of a pound of flesh from a Christian.

  • Through and besides him there were other Jews who, though only in subordinate positions, exercised influence-- the men on the holders of office, the women on the ladies of the harem.

  • Even then she had known, though only by the groping of instinct, that to disown that, or to allow it to be disowned, was to poison the very fountain and well-spring of love.

  • It was lovely being taken care of again," she said, "though only in a little matter like having a parcel carried.

  • Which was true enough, though only a half truth; and innocent Elizabeth did not see the other half.

  • But when his own story is told him under a disguise, though only a lamb is now concerned, his passion about it leaves him no time for thought.

  • In the evening, though only in the bosom of your own family, wear only black, and be as scrupulous to put on a dress coat as if you expected visitors.

  • It manifestly circumnutated, though only to a small extent.

  • The tips of the radicles of Cucurbita ovifera were likewise highly sensitive to caustic, though only moderately so to contact.

  • It appears from these cases that a cap of goldbeaters' skin checks, though only to a slight degree, the bending of the radicles to an adjoining damp surface.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    high hills; private member; said sadly; though about; though never; though once; though only; though possessed; though quite; though seeking; though she; though small; though sometimes; though still; though their; though well; though you; thought better; thought good; thought itself; thought myself; thought only; thought perhaps; thought she; thoughtful voice; trusty servant