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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But Charles does that to me all the time with his shows anyway.
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Alex Kessler,
Vogue,
13 Jan. 2023
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And, so anyway, that was kind of the beginning of the idea.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 June 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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But Barack came bounding in anyway, waving to the crowd as the strains of a U2 song played.
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Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2024
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That wouldn’t be enough to get through the juggernaut of the top five teams in the East in the playoffs, anyway.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Dec. 2022
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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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And the top 10% of earners got more than half that money anyway.
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Bywill Daniel,
Fortune,
25 Feb. 2023
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With the top of the order due up to start the fifth, Melvin sent the rookie right-hander back out there, anyway.
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Evan Webeck,
The Mercury News,
6 May 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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Powers can’t wait to tag along with Glover and rest of the Artemis II crew — in spirit, anyway.
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Tyrone Beason,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2023
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The good news is that apple trees shed a fair amount of their apples anyway.
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Dave Epstein,
BostonGlobe.com,
15 May 2023
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Ribeiro doesn't seem to need any help from anyone anyway.
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Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
29 May 2024
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The show had a lot of fun pitting Max against Harry, who acts like a spoiled child most of the time anyway, so that worked.
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Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2024
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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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But a lot of people are complaining: Why is the race in March anyway?
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Lori Nickel,
Journal Sentinel,
26 Mar. 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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After all, few of his works are for sale, and few can afford them anyway.
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Andrea Bossi,
Essence,
4 Nov. 2024
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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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But experts say the birds are so adaptable, and have such short life spans anyway, that culling tends not to work that well.
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Stefano Pitrelli,
Washington Post,
26 Jan. 2023
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In major cities, thousands of people took to the streets anyway.
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Sarah A. Topol,
New York Times,
20 Sep. 2024
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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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A couple of months after that, Trump started charging them dues anyway.
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Dan Alexander,
Forbes,
29 Oct. 2024
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