howe'er
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Samuel Johnson, who was married to a woman 20 years his senior, once wrote forebodingly: For howe'er we boast and strive,/ Life declines from thirty-five.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pilfer not the smallest thing; Touch it not, howe'er thou need it, Though the owner have enough, Though he know it not, nor need it.
From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)
Believe me that, howe'er well meant, A good resolve is always brief; Don't let your precious hours be spent In turning over a new leaf.
From Verse and Worse by Graham, Harry
And whatever the upshot, howe'er the race ends, You and we, having struggled, shall always be friends.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, July 8th 1893 by Various
Think not, howe'er, I cannot now decipher What thy malice had suggested.
From Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts by Sargant, Jane Alice
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