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Example sentences for "without much"

  • The first effect of this opening knowledge was the revival of my love of reading, which had been chilled at Oxford; and I soon turned over, without much choice, almost all the French books in my tutor's library.

  • He suddenly absconded: but as his effects were not sold, nor the house evacuated, till the Christmas following, I enjoyed during the whole year the society of my aunt, without much consciousness of her impending fate.

  • The jaguar is killed, without much difficulty, by the aid of dogs baying and driving him up a tree, where he is despatched with bullets.

  • The inhabitants, although complaining of poverty, obtain, without much trouble, the means of subsistence.

  • The crest was attained and carried without much difficulty; for all but a few stalwarts had quitted it when they saw the British bayonets pricking upwards towards their hold.

  • However, without much hope of succeeding we will one day consult the Gall-fly, who is better-versed than we in the tangled problem of the sexes.

  • Whenever I come upon a recent Megachile-nest, I am not long in finding in the neighbourhood, without much searching, the tree or shrub from which the Bee has cut her pieces.

  • I knew that a little way on was a lane which led directly to the village, and that if I could once get into it I might run on without much chance of being overtaken.

  • Calhoun listened to his rejection, without much show of surprise.

  • The species is valuable chiefly for protection to steep slopes which would otherwise be without much growth of any kind.

  • The gathering of holly leaves and berries is an industry of much importance, taken as a whole; but it lasts only a short time, and is carried on without much system.

  • He had thought a week in the same house with Miss De Voe, Dorothy and Lispenard, without much regard to other possible guests, could not but be a continual pleasure.

  • Then Peter strolled round and talked to those whom he knew, and tried to find out, without much success, just what was the division.

  • When the regiment marched into the square, a few of the stragglers rose from their recumbent attitudes, and looked at it, without much love in their faces.

  • Books which he liked, without much regard to their popular reputation, he at once bought; for his simple life left him the ability to indulge himself in most respects within moderation.

  • It was then that the idea of replenishing his pockets from the counting-room trunk first presented itself to his mind, and, without much hesitation or compunction of conscience, he took small sums from time to time.

  • But a council of war was called; wherein, without much debate, it was resolved to fight the enemy, notwithstanding their great superiority.

  • Though she sustained it without much damage, Mr. Tyrrel ordered Captain Boles to keep aloof, as his vessel could not be supposed to bear the shock of heavy metal; and he alone prepared for the engagement.

  • The St. Carlos, of sixty guns, struck next, without much opposition to the Kent, Captain Matthews.

  • Somewhat restored in strength, and my nerves steadied by my short rest, I set forward once more; and at length, without much difficulty, gained the other window.

  • To my great disappointment, I did so without much difficulty; and, what was worse, she was fast drawing up abreast of us.

  • One can trust to this upon a pinch, without much fear of being disappointed.

  • Without much question he died of heart failure, from fatty degeneration caused by the steady use of beer.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    carburetted hydrogen; could earn; elementary schools; freight train; just simply; little stick; other ranks; putting them; take thou; thought she; voltaic electricity; whole month; without any; without being; without delay; without further; without her; without hesitation; without knowing; without looking; without regard; without saying; without speaking; without the; without which; wonder what