anyhow

Example Sentences

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Most people can focus only for three or four hours at a stretch, anyhow, so trying to work for eight solid hours isn’t really an effective use of your attention span.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The purpose of abolition is, in part, accountability for the crimes its agents and administrators have committed, but it would be a worthy and necessary goal anyhow.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2026

It was a blow for Tottenham to concede such a late equaliser at Everton on Saturday - but Ange Postecoglou's side definitely did not deserve to win anyhow.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024

In reality, we can’t just swap bodies to find out — but love beckons us to try anyhow.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

There’s really no point letting Dad know, but I’m so excited, I tell him anyhow.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick