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
Straight will I hence to sea, And seek the fiery Brunhild howe'er it go with me.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
Thou art a master-wit with craftiness 390 The Spirits to seduce, them to ensnare, To lead and to incite howe'er thou wilt.
From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den
Art thou a man?—a patriot?—look around; Oh! thou shalt find, howe’er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home!”
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
Then, howe’er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved isle.
From The Real Robert Burns by Hughes, J. L.
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