How to Use anyway in a Sentence
anyway
adverb
- The road got worse, but they kept going anyway.
- He's far from perfect, but she loves him anyway.
- I didn't expect her to say “yes,” but I asked her anyway.
- It makes no difference what we say. She's going to do what she wants anyway.
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They’ve been paid the vast bulk of their salary for the year anyway.
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Stephen Whyno,
Twin Cities,
2 Feb. 2024
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Half of the products that's pushed out there are all garbage anyway.
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Hannah Sacks,
Peoplemag,
9 June 2023
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What’s the deal with Chateau Marmont these days, anyway?
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Mikey O'Connell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Dec. 2023
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Despite this, the pair went on a date anyway, and the rest is history.
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Becca Longmire,
Peoplemag,
15 Feb. 2024
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Myles had not been a teenager for years, but he was stopped anyway.
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Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2024
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But dozens of settlers blocked the road and stoned the procession anyway.
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Shane Bauer,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2024
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What makes us — some of us, anyway — yearn for his presence?
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Paul Schrodt,
Vulture,
23 June 2023
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Trible won anyway, and then was elected to the Senate in 1982.
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Brandi Kellam,
ProPublica,
22 Dec. 2023
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Which would just spoil all that tire-smoking fun anyway.
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Arthur St. Antoine,
Car and Driver,
17 July 2023
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To some, crying it out may seem like a normal thing to do – to feel your feelings and do the hard thing anyway.
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Shanetta McDonald,
Essence,
22 June 2023
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There’s a new crop of talent fighting for the title anyway.
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Buddha Lo,
Peoplemag,
21 Mar. 2024
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The season was effectively over anyway; the team had no chance at the playoffs, and the mood in the clubhouse was dour.
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Dave Eggers,
The Atlantic,
12 Aug. 2023
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In fact, that is one dim little bright spot in this story: Things wear out anyway.
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Curbed,
28 July 2023
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That woman won it anyway, and had earned it; a big write-up in the paper gave full marks for her achievements and goals.
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Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Oct. 2023
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Although at the moment, with the Rangers now alone in third place in the AL West, thinking of tiebreakers seems kind of far-fetched anyway.
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Evan Grant,
Dallas News,
4 Sep. 2023
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Simon & Schuster published the first book in the deal, a memoir, anyway.
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Elizabeth A. Harris,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2023
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And what would the perfect South Asian with anxiety look like, anyway?
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Sonia Rao,
Washington Post,
19 Sep. 2023
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The brand only offers free shipping on orders $100 and more, but most of the pairs cost above that price point, anyway.
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Courtney Leiva,
Peoplemag,
24 June 2023
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The men grabbed them anyway and loaded them onto a pickup truck.
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Max Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2023
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There was no need, from my point of view anyway, for any sort of modernization.
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Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2023
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But so was Denver on Monday, when the short-handed Nuggets stunned the full-strength Clippers anyway.
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Andrew Greif,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Nov. 2023
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Thereafter, the Utes’ party — speaking of the fans, anyway — began.
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Gordon Monson,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
1 Sep. 2023
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But when things got bad for the industry, those who bore the brunt were arguably those who weren’t doing much good anyway.
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Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2024
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And judging such a trait is more about vibes than evidence, anyway.
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Jacob Calvin Meyer,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Sep. 2023
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And no one wants to touch those germy air nozzles, which only provide a hissing draft of dry air anyway.
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Eric Rosen,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Mar. 2024
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What kinds of artistic influences slipped through the cracks anyway and meant something to you as a young person?
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Naomi Fry,
The New Yorker,
26 Nov. 2023
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