THOUGH in a Sentence

Learn THOUGH 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.
343 example sentences for THOUGH, such as:
1. Rusty nodded as though she understood the old woman.
2. Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.
3. Her cry steadied him, though it deepened his wrath and pity.
4. For this purpose her equipment, though varied, was inadequate.
5. It looks as though a compromise agreement has now been reached.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of THOUGH
though
 ad.  (postpositive) however
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The effect produced on Frome was rather of a complete absence of atmosphere, as though nothing less tenuous than ether intervened between the white earth under his feet and the metallic dome overhead.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  He had supposed her to be asleep, and the sound of her voice had startled him, though she was given to abrupt explosions of speech after long intervals of secretive silence.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
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3  In another moment she would step forth into the night, and his eyes, accustomed to the obscurity, would discern her as clearly as though she stood in daylight.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
4  Not for the world would he have made a sign to her, though it seemed to him that his life hung on her next gesture.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
5  Frome noticed that she no longer turned her head from side to side, as though peering through the night for another figure.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
6  For this purpose her equipment, though varied, was inadequate.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
7  Zenobia, though doubtful of the girl's efficiency, was tempted by the freedom to find fault without much risk of losing her; and so Mattie came to Starkfield.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
8  His mother had been a talker in her day, but after her "trouble" the sound of her voice was seldom heard, though she had not lost the power of speech.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
9  A mournful peace hung on the fields, as though they felt the relaxing grasp of the cold and stretched themselves in their long winter sleep.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
10  "I suppose it was Ruth and Ned," she said in a low voice, as though he had suddenly touched on something grave.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
11  She looked up at him languidly, as though her lids were weighted with sleep and it cost her an effort to raise them.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
12  To have them was in itself a distinction, though it was also, in most cases, a death-warrant.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
13  There was a moment's pause in the struggle, as though the combatants were testing their weapons.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
14  The words went on sounding between them as though a torch of warning flew from hand to hand through a black landscape.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
15  Her cry steadied him, though it deepened his wrath and pity.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
Example Sentence: (133 in 9 pages)
1  They still speak broad Scots even though they left Scotland twenty years ago.
2  It looks as though a compromise agreement has now been reached.
3  One can habituate oneself to living alone, though rarely with any pleasure.
4  Even though California banks are not rushing to announce new ATM fees, researcher Shields expects many will impose them.
5  It was basically a selfish act, though no doubt a sophist would argue that it was done for the general good.
6  Live as though you intend to live forever, and work as though your strength were limit less.
7  Barbara White and her mother like to listen to music together, though their tastes don't harmonize.
8  Members troop into lobbies at the beck of a party leader as though they have no minds to use.
9  The snail slides up the tower at last though the swallow mounteth it sooner.
10  Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.
11  Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.
12  Rusty nodded as though she understood the old woman.
13  Write down the advice of him that loves you, though you like it not at present.
14  Bill grudged Dick his prize even though he had won a better prize himself.
15  Even though our house is in tip-top condition, we're having problems selling it.