howbeit

Example Sentences

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When I became Joe’s ’prentice, Orlick was perhaps confirmed in some suspicion that I should displace him; howbeit, he liked me still less.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Quite enough, we think, for any rational sportsman's recreation, howbeit we have a few hours yet before us.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various

As to me, howbeit I heir no farther newes from yow.

From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various

And as soon as it was day, Judas appeared in the plain with three thousand men: howbeit they had neither suitable armor nor swords.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

And thereupon he, understanding our determination, presently put out a white flag and yielded; howbeit they refused to strike their own sails, for that they were sworn never to strike to any Englishman.

From Privateers and Privateering by Statham, E. P.