NOTWITHSTANDING in a Sentence

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1. He was sorry for her, and angry notwithstanding.
2. He still went home, notwithstanding the midnight.
3. The marriage took place notwithstanding his objections.
4. He despised William Pitt, notwithstanding the similar views they both held.
5. The danger of a third world war, present appearances notwithstanding, is not imminent.

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 Meanings and Examples of NOTWITHSTANDING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
notwithstanding
 ad.  nevertheless; in spite of
Classic Sentence: (62 in 5 pages)
1  I was undisturbed by thoughts which during the preceding year had pressed upon me, notwithstanding my endeavours to throw them off, with an invincible burden.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
2  No one would believe it at first; and even now Elizabeth will not be convinced, notwithstanding all the evidence.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
3  For my own part, I do not hesitate to say that, notwithstanding all the evidence produced against her, I believe and rely on her perfect innocence.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
4  As Mr. Kirwin said this, notwithstanding the agitation I endured on this retrospect of my sufferings, I also felt considerable surprise at the knowledge he seemed to possess concerning me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
5  I had so much time to spare, that the proposal came as a relief, notwithstanding its irreconcilability with my latent desire to keep my eye on the coach-office.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXII
6  But we considered ourselves well off, notwithstanding, for a more solitary place we could not have found.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIV
7  My mother couldn't help it notwithstanding, so she cried until she had had her cry out.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
8  But he sat and looked at her, notwithstanding, for nearly two hours, as she sat looking at the fire, until he was again called out.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
9  A curious equality of friendship, originating, I suppose, in our respective circumstances, sprung up between me and these people, notwithstanding the ludicrous disparity in our years.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11. I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON'T LIK...
10  I believe that I began to know that there was something about my aunt, notwithstanding her many eccentricities and odd humours, to be honoured and trusted in.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14. MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME
11  Mr. jorkins, notwithstanding his reputation in the firm, was an easy-going, incapable sort of man, whose reputation out of doors was not calculated to back it up.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
12  She is rather long, notwithstanding; but by and by I hear a rustling at the door, and someone taps.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 43. ANOTHER RETROSPECT
13  I was not stunned by the praise which sounded in my ears, notwithstanding that I was keenly alive to it, and thought better of my own performance, I have little doubt, than anybody else did.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC
14  We were disposed, notwithstanding Mr. Micawber's stipulation for my aunt's attendance, to arrange that she should stay at home, and be represented by Mr. Dick and me.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 52. I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION
15  He was sorry for her, and angry notwithstanding.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 33
Example Sentence:
1  He still went home, notwithstanding the midnight.
2  The marriage took place notwithstanding his objections.
3  He despised William Pitt, notwithstanding the similar views they both held.
4  Thomas Carlyle , notwithstanding his tedious rhetoric, is a master of the sublime in prose style.
5  The danger of a third world war, present appearances notwithstanding, is not imminent.