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
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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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.