EVEN in a Sentence

Learn EVEN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for EVEN, such as:
1. I am not even faintly like a rose.
2. These issues now assume even greater importance.
3. This gel will add gloss to even the dullest hair.
4. She can't accept even mild criticism of her work.
5. You must be absolutely crackers even to think of it.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of EVEN
even
 a.  occurring at fixed intervals
 ad.  used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  But even human sympathies were not sufficient to satisfy his eager mind.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
2  I can, even now, remember the hour from which I dedicated myself to this great enterprise.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 1
3  But it is even so; the fallen angel becomes a malignant devil.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
4  Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
5  He loved enterprise, hardship, and even danger for its own sake.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
6  I am not even faintly like a rose.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
7  Of course I knew what they were referring to, but I wasn't even vaguely engaged.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
8  She died calmly, and her countenance expressed affection even in death.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
9  She forgot even her own regret in her endeavours to make us forget.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
10  I suppose he'd had the name ready for a long time, even then.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
11  Michaelis wasn't even sure of its color--he told the first policeman that it was light green.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
12  Yet some feelings, unallied to the dross of human nature, beat even in these rugged bosoms.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 2
13  I don't know how he knew about the funeral or even his name.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
14  "It must be even so," resumed the minister.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER
15  It had even thrown its gleam, in the sufferer's bard extremity, across the verge of time.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  This gel will add gloss to even the dullest hair.
2  They even set up their own news agency to peddle anti-isolationist propaganda.
3  They still speak broad Scots even though they left Scotland twenty years ago.
4  He is so clumsy that he can't even push the small cart ahead.
5  Although the book was devoted to cancer, the word "cancer" did not even appear in the index.
6  Typically, he didn't even bother to tell anyone he was going.
7  You've got to appear calm in an interview even if you're terrified underneath.
8  I was absolutely outraged that I could be even mentioned in an article of this kind.
9  You must be absolutely crackers even to think of it.
10  These issues now assume even greater importance.
11  She can't accept even mild criticism of her work.
12  A former legal-aid attorney, Mr Morrison is unusual in accepting, even welcoming, a liberal label.
13  Inequalities of income would lead to even greater inequalities in access to health care.
14  The engine is mounted in the middle to achieve a more even weight distribution.
15  The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.