How to use "even" in a sentence

The canyon walls become even narrower

I don't even notice landing on the canyon floor

I'll drink at nine, midnight, three and six in the morning, but I'll take even smaller sips.

But even that doesn't work

I make the rope even shorter, but when I step on it, nothing happens

It didn't even hurt and there's very little blood

And even with the sock there is too much pain in my left hand to continue.

Then I put him onto my shoulder and he laughs even more

Now, even with the cold, pain, tiredness and thirst, I am sure I will survive.

I know that even if I could travel back in time, I wouldn't change anything

I believe we are on Earth to do the things we love, even if that means making a hard choice

The largest whale was only 180 feet long and if these men were right, this was even larger

I thought it was a shark, or even the monster!

"Not even the sharks can go there, Captain."

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it

Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease

A great lover of the British Empire has said that under the British constitution even a successful rebellion is perfectly constitutional, and he quotes historical instances, which I cannot deny, in support of his claim

Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet

Now Mr Slinkton looked even more embarrassed

'You don't even know my real name,' he said very quietly

According to the medical evidence Elizabeth Stride died about 12.56 a.m., or even perhaps at 12.58

He even tried sleeping in a garden, but was chased away by a dog

'Without even intending to,' his wife replied.

Madeleine sent the money, but the Thenardiers found even more dishonest excuses for not sending Cosette back.

'That nasty little girl, who isn't even my own daughter, who I feed and look after out of the kindness of my heart, has been playing with my daughters' doll.'

'It gave me so much happiness just to look at her, and now, through my stupidity, I've lost even that.'

He sent money every Monday to Thenardier, who was in prison, which meant that he had even less money for himself

Finally, when even his great strength was beginning to fade, he saw ahead of him a light - the clear light of day

I was so excited today that I haven't even dressed up for you

He was proud of having helped to bring her happiness with Marius, but another thing troubled his soul: the fact that nobody, not even Cosette, knew the truth about him

His private investigations into the old man's past had also revealed an even more disgusting fact

But she loved her husband even more, and she gradually became used to not depending on the old man for her happiness.

I even know your real name

He was even more surprised when, instead of chasing him out of the room, Marius ran towards him and pressed several thousand-franc notes into his hand.

I do not even know where this is because the fog is so thick that I can only see for a few metres in any direction.

When I pull my fingers away, they are wet, and even with no light the blood is bright and easy to see.

It is a woman, and even in the dark and the fog I recognise her

They don't even look at us twice."

The man never even looks at the bag

The feeling of the sun on his face is good, and the taste of the smoke is even better

You try to see the clock in the dark, but it is impossible, and you think that it must be somewhere between four and six o'clock: the darkest hours of the night when even the lively and vibrant city of Manchester sleeps.

But after a few minutes he realises how tired he is, and he thinks that maybe he can close his eyes for a moment and even rest his head against the grille.

That is what Greg told the hotel, even if that part was not true.

"Politicians and doctors? They can't even dress themselves." And Smith puts the tie in his pocket.

"They're children, West: they can't even put a tie on

"At this time of year, we want to look for rabbits, Son, but if we can get a hare, even better."

Inside the carriage it is even hotter than on the platform, but it is almost empty too.

It was crazy the way it did that, even after a whole year together.

Now she spent as much time in the garden as possible, even when it was dark or raining

For one awful moment, she thought Gran might even fall over.

What's more, there was a force field at the city boundary that was impossible to cross: there were alarms there that sensed your wrist chip before you even got close, and then government agents appeared in seconds to arrest you

"You've read the messages, you've thought about it, you've even talked to your mom -"

"Gran, I can't believe he's even considering it." Her eyes filled with tears

Until now, Sala hadn't even thought about doing it herself

The building was enormous, higher even than the tallest apartment blocks

They find problems even before they've happened, and fix them."

Not even your mom and dad."

Was that it? Decision made? No more discussion? Cham hadn't even looked at her

She was over an hour late for meeting him at the simulator center, and because her ultranet connection didn't come back on until she was almost there, she couldn't even call him or send him a message

You don't even know this woman and now she's filling your head with all these crazy stories..."

But I've been starting to wonder whether the whole thing was just a joke, or a trick, even."

What use was it, seeing an avatar? It wasn't even completely like him

"Cham doesn't even believe anything the rebels are telling us

It was good to know that they could do something to test Eston's letter; but even so, it wouldn't tell them where Wena and Oban's group had gone

There was one last Ultranet Talk Hour with Cham before the end of the month, but Sala decided it wasn't even worth trying to talk to him about leaving

She wasn't even sure if his family would give them time alone together - but she'd have to make sure it happened

"No, Sala." Cham looked sad, even disappointed

'An empty house, even a very beautiful one, can be lonely,' de Winter said.

You wouldn't talk about it or even think about it.'

They even came down from London.'

I was sure that Maxim would have a terrible accident or even be killed

I won't even have him in the gardens

But even then, she cared for nothing and nobody

You! Why, even the servants laughed at you when you came to Manderley.'

'She kept it a secret from everyone, even Danny

'I'm not sure that Rebecca hasn't won, even now,' Maxim went on

Time should have put even more distance between her and the anguish, but instead the passing days were bringing her around full circle in her grief

Peanut-butter toast had been one of Danny's favorite foods, even when he was a toddler and was especially picky about what he would eat

The Lido was one of those incredibly lavish productions that could be seen nowhere in the world but Vegas, for it was only in Las Vegas that a multimillion-dollar show could be staged year after year with little concern for profit; such vast sums were spent on the elaborate sets and costumes, and on the enormous cast and crew, that the hotel was usually happy if the production merely broke even from ticket and drink sales

At first, it had seemed terribly wrong that such a wonderful opportunity should come her way before she'd even had time to mourn her boy, as if the Fates were so shallow and insensitive as to think that they could balance the scales and offset Danny's death merely by presenting her with a chance at her dream job

Nevertheless, even as preoccupied with Magyck! As she was, she had adjusted to Danny's death only with great difficulty

All things considered, she felt reasonably good, even cheerful to a degree

She and Michael hadn't yet begun to raise their voices to each other; their disagreements had been conducted in normal tones, sometimes even in whispers, yet Danny probably had heard enough to know they were having problems.

Somehow, the act of giving away his clothes would be even sadder and more final than watching his casket being lowered into the ground.

Her hands were icy; they chilled her sides even through her nightgown.

Six rings bedecked each of his hands, some with diamonds, some with emeralds, one with a large ruby, one with an even larger opal

At a few minutes past eleven o'clock, a secretary from San Diego put five dollars in a slot machine and hit a jackpot worth $495,000; word of that even reached backstage in the showroom

Sinatra was in town, at Caesar's Palace, perhaps for the last time, and even at eighty years of age, he generated more excitement in Vegas than any other famous name

She was in such an excellent mood that she didn't think even the sight of his room would be able to bring her down, as it usually did

Not even a thing like this

But even if Vivienne had kept her scheduled appointment, she never would have written those words on the chalkboard

Jaborski, the scoutmaster, had taken other groups of scouts on winter survival hikes every year for sixteen years, and no one had been even slightly injured

However, his features were large, square, and utterly without evidence of patrician blood, and even after the mellowing influences of elocution teachers, his naturally low, gravelly voice belied his origins in a rough Brooklyn neighborhood.

Somehow, even though her attention was partly on the mood of the crowd, partly on Helen and Charlie Mainway, Tina was nevertheless aware of Elliot Stryker's reaction to her

The evening was turning out to be even more interesting than she had expected.

That was the term by which casino employees still referred to local, elderly women whose social lives revolved around an obsessive interest in one-armed bandits, even though the nickel machines were pretty much ancient history

She didn't even consider calling the police

Neither window was open, and even if one had been raised, the night wasn't frigid enough to account for the chill.

Maybe even fifty-five.

The air grew even colder.

Free admission didn't guarantee their appreciation or even their amicability

or even most nights

Danny wailed and shrieked, and now the earth was even with his chin, but the man in black wouldn't stop filling in the hole

Though Danny's screams were increasingly muffled, they were even more urgent than before, because the dirt began to cover his face and pour into his mouth

It wasn't even five o'clock

He might even be a desperately sick man

His praise was so effusive that, even reading it by herself, in her own kitchen, she was slightly embarrassed by the effusiveness of the praise.

She doubted that he would be able to answer that question even if he were present to hear it

Her original intention had been to accuse him of ripping apart Danny's room; she had been prepared to come on strong, so that even if he didn't want her to know he'd done it, he might be rattled enough to reveal his guilt

"Michael-" she began, intending to tell him that she was going to stage another show within the next year, that she didn't want to be represented by only one production at a time, and that she even had distant designs on New York and Broadway, where the return of Busby Berkeley - style musicals might be greeted with cheers.

Maybe even two boys and two girls

I'm even sorry if some of what I said about Danny hurt you, although, God knows, you deserve to hear it

Not one other relative or acquaintance had ever suggested that she was even indirectly responsible

Which meant it had to be someone she didn't even know

Hundred-foot-long signs-five - hundred-foot-long signs - towered five or even ten stories above the street, glittering, winking, thousands of miles of bright glass tubing filled with glowing gas, blinking, swirling, hundreds of thousands of bulbs, spelling out hotel names, forming pictures with light

Even though he was only a creature from a nightmare, and even though it was utterly impossible for him to be here in the flesh, she couldn't shake the heart-clenching feeling that he was in the room

All those years they'd taken kids into the mountains, nobody was even scratched."

I can pour anything straight or over ice, but I can't even mix vodka and orange juice properly."

I can't think of anyone I know who'd be capable of this sort of thing even if they did hate me enough to contemplate it

She felt more relaxed than she'd been ten minutes ago, but she wasn't even slightly tipsy

Probably even sick."

She hesitated, trying to hear how it was going to sound before she said it, wondering if she really believed it enough even to give voice to it

Neither of us would have been anxious to view the body even if it had been in perfect shape, so we accepted the mortician's recommendations

"Won't you even consider the possibility that he's alive?"

"The body's in an airtight casket, but it'll be even more deteriorated now than it was a year ago when they recommended you not look at it."

Or perhaps you'll wind up with even worse dreams."

"Anyway," she said, "even if reopening the grave doesn't help me find who's responsible for these sick jokes - or whatever the hell they are - at least it'll settle my mind about Danny

But even so, this shouldn't be terribly difficult

The mother wasn't even able to attend the service

"Probably not even then, what with the four-day weekend."

He realized they had even more in common than he had thought

"And I didn't even notice the feathers."

While Tina and Elliot had been joking in the kitchen, even before dinner had been completely prepared, she had begun to think they might go to bed together

Of course, during the first of those two years, she'd still been married to Michael and had felt compelled to remain faithful to him, even though a separation and then a divorce had been in the works, and even though he had not felt constrained by any similar moral sense

They looked and acted like organization men, even though the big one was rough enough at the edges to pass for a common thug

You work for some set of letters the public hasn't even heard about yet

We haven't been told the details, not even half of them

His grisly head stood on the driver's seat beside him, grinning fiendishly, filled with malevolent life even though it had been brutally severed from his body.

But after she had made up her mind to let him read such stuff, she never thereafter even glanced at his purchases.

If I really believed there was even the tiniest chance of anything like that, would I be standing here so cheerful?"

CIA operatives were loaded with ID, even if it was in a phony name

Furthermore, this was not the mid-nineteenth century; these days, doctors could detect even the vaguest heartbeat, the shallowest respiration, the dimmest traces of brain-wave activity.

And even if she had seen the color illustration before, she knew damned well that she hadn't read the story - The Boy Who Was Not Dead

But even as Tina looked from Elliot to the fire, before all of the shingles had fallen back to earth, a second explosion slammed through the house, and a billowing cloud of flame roared from one end of the structure to the other, bursting those few windows that had miraculously survived the first blast.

He appeared formidable, even with his beer belly, which bulged over the waistband of his trousers.

about the boat," Elliot said, not even knowing where he was going to go with that line, ready to say anything to keep Tom from putting up the garage door and throwing them out.

"If you gave him a deposit, and if he gave you this address and claimed he lived here, then it's not very likely this Sol Fitzpatrick even owns any boat in the first place."

He had taken pleasure in stalking human prey; hell, there had even been a measure of joy in being stalked, for it gave him the opportunity to prove himself by outwitting the hunter on his trail

And even if he was deeper under than I thought, some of his people probably went in there and pulled him out while I was rushing off to you

"But even if Kennebeck's bosses have a lot of influence with the Vegas police, would the cops let us be killed? Would they really let it go that far?"

"You'd think it was even more amazing if you'd suffered those nightmares," she said

All the other parents were asked to identify their kids, even though some of the corpses were in such a horrible state they couldn't be cosmetically restored for viewing at a funeral

Even after all this time, when she thought about Danny's last moments on earth - the terror he must have known, the excruciating pain he must have endured, even if it was of brief duration - she began to choke with sorrow and pity

Ideally, I'd even like to be able to hand the reporter a neat theory about what really happened to those scouts, something sensational that he can hook his story onto."

Vince Foster found dead in a Washington park and officially declared a suicide even though most of the forensic evidence points to murder

There's a better than even chance he's been co-opted by Kennebeck's crowd

I think it would be wise for us to stay up there for a couple of days, even after we've talked to Bellicosti, until we can figure a way out of this mess

And even if those were examples of psychic ability, little tricks like that are light-years from what you're attributing to Danny now."

That would be even more unlikely than the possibility that Danny did it."

After all, the last couple of years we were married, Michael was running around with a lot of other women, spending most of his time away from home, and Danny felt even more abandoned than I did

I even tried to justify some of his actions, because I didn't want Danny to hate him

There was no heartbeat whatsoever, not even a faint lub-dub.

If he's aged as well as he seems to have done, then he might even be sharper these days."

"Anyway, even if we're spread a bit thin, it doesn't matter much

He'll come here to confront you, even if he knows it's risky

"I don't even think we should put a tail on them as soon as they get there," Alexander said

But even if we don't get a beeper on the damn car, we're okay

We don't even know where Danny is or what shape he's in

We might both be killed before we even get close to him."

"Heartbeat's normal, maybe even slightly slower than before

Even in the dim, illusory light from the surrounding snow, Elliot could see that the sentry's eyes were fixed in the same unseeing gaze that Bellicosti was even now directing at the bathroom window.

"They even knew we were coming here."

They can watch our progress on that, even if they can't get their hands on us till another chase car catches up

I don't even want them to know what direction we went."

I might even take a certain pleasure in it

We're built to survive, even if we have to kill someone in order to do it."

Although he spent more than half his time working in his Las Vegas office, he often had reason to fly to far points at the spur of the moment: Reno, Elko, even out of the state to Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah

At least half of the people who worked for it did not even realize it existed; some thought they were employed by the FBI; others were sure they worked for the CIA; and still others believed that they were in the hire of various branches of the Treasury Department, including the Secret Service

George liked to believe that they might even find it in their hearts to forgive him for having pulled the trigger himself.

His taste for violence would not have been tolerated for long in the old FBI - perhaps not even in the new, thoroughly politicized FBI - or in many other congressionally monitored police agencies

"But even if Danny could somehow get us in," he said, "we don't know where they're keeping him

And maybe it doesn't even exist

But he startled me, and I guess even the little bit of resistance I offered was enough to push him away

The table, the chairs, the credenza, and the hutch all glowed warmly because of the prodigious amount of furniture polish that had been buffed into the wood with even more vigor than he had employed when shining his dazzling shoes

There must be some sort of road into the place, even if it's well concealed

The drapes drew open, slid shut, drew open, slid shut, even though no one was near the draw cords.

Bizarrely, the unplowed trail had led them to a paved road; steam rose from it, and sections of the pavement were even dry.

They didn't even hear gunfire.

Then, even with Danny jamming the enemy's weapons, she and Elliot would be able to escape only if they slaughtered their way out, and she knew that neither of them had the stomach for that much murder, perhaps not even in self-defense.

Tina had never heard Elliot speak in this tone of voice, and his furious expression was sufficient to chill even her

He has a natural antibody in his blood that helps him fight off this particular virus, even though it's an artificial bug

The disease is killing him, even if indirectly

Alexander was increasingly confident that they would reach the installation unscathed, and he was aware that even Kurt Hensen, who hated flying with Morgan, was calmer now than he had been ten minutes ago.

She's going to tell me who helped her get into the labs even if I have to break her fingers one at a time to make her open up."

Therefore, I will devote what space I am given here to this novel itself and to the savage, brutal, cruel, maddening, insane, inane, nonsensical, stupid, bewildering, toxic, bloodcurdling, lip-chafing, toenail-curling experience of working with a major television network to adapt this novel, and three others, as part of a program that would have been called The Dean Koontz Theater or Dean Koontz Presents or possibly Here's Dean! or even Koontzapalooza

The producer, the studio, and the network never could agree on a title, and no one liked my idea - Kickass Koontz Cinema - and probably even realized I was not serious in proposing it.

After reviewing the chaos that he had inherited, the new head of network decided that even though Darkfall was an exciting script, he didn't want to make a movie "about little creatures living in the walls." He decided that we would film the other script I had done; for which I received primary credit but not sole credit because of Writers Guild rules virtually guaranteeing the first writer some kind of credit as long as that writer's drafts had been composed in one of the languages spoken on Earth.

She never tried to defend herself and even got quite annoyed when she realized people thought she was mad

even when catching flies.'

Perhaps she fears the boy, or even hates him

He had an amazing ability to detect a lie even before it was spoken

'Do you remember I once told you about some mysterious flying stones in India? They come flying into houses as it thrown from outside, even though the doors and windows are closed.'

Refusing even to look at his closed hand, I ordered him to release it immediately.

'Lawrence never even tries to kiss to me,' she said

Because when that clock said twenty past six it was really only five minutes past, and at five minutes past I don't suppose Colonel Protheroe had even arrived at the house.'

'I can't believe it, even now,' Griselda interrupted

'But this man hadn't even heard of it till I told him!' she cried

'That means that the murderer must have been inside this house - perhaps even had a drink with me.'

And then, before he's even been buried, his daughter comes here and says I don't do my work properly.'

'She doesn't even like him

I'm even sorry for Protheroe

He was the same even when he was a young man.'

'But even so,' said Miss Marple, 'it's all wrong.'

'So it's the one man we never even thought about!' He went over to the sleeping man and shook him, at first gently, then harder

'But Mrs Clement was not even here,' interrupted Melchett

Its physical condition is still largely a mystery, but we know that even in the middle of the day, in its warmest areas, the temperature is lower than during our coldest winter

He approached it, surprised at the size and even more surprised at the shape, since most meteorites are fairly round

As the unseen ray of light passed over them, trees caught fire and even the bushes exploded into flame

I remember the dinner table that evening very clearly even now: my dear wife's sweet, worried face looking at me from under the pink lamp-shade, the white cloth laid with silver and glass, the glass of red wine in my hand

Maybe there was talk in the village streets, a new topic in the pubs - and here and there a messenger, or even an eye-witness of the later events, caused some excitement

I was even afraid that the last shots I had heard might mean the end of our visitors from Mars

They could move quickly and strike with such power that even the biggest guns could not stand against them

London, which had gone to bed on Sunday night not knowing much and caring even less, was woken in the early hours of Monday morning to a real sense of danger.

And where it met with water, or even mist or wet grass, a chemical action took place and it turned into a powder that sank slowly and made room for more.

When the smoke had begun to settle, it stayed quite close to the ground so that even fifteen metres up in the air, on the roots and upper floors of houses and in high trees, there was a chance of escaping its poison

People ran to the railway stations, to the boats on the Thames, and hurried by even street that went north or east

Passengers were fighting for standing room in the carriages even at two o'clock in the morning

A number of people now, like my brother, were moving to the east, and some were even so desperate that they turned back towards London to get food

Then, far away, another appeared, stepping over some small trees, and then another could be seen even further away, crossing the flat mud that lay between the sea and the sky.

On Earth they could not move without effort, but even at the end of their time here they remained active

In our desire to watch, we even fought each other within a few centimeters of being seen.

Then he slept for some time and began again with even more strength, so loudly that I had to try to stop him.

Once, even, it touched my boot

The tentacle did not come into the hall again, but I lay all the tenth day in the darkness, too frightened even to move for a drink

Perhaps even now they were destroying Berlin or Paris, or maybe they were moving north.

'But even if there is, they'll get it right again.'

And I would save myself even the trouble of killing myself

It is our home and would be ours even if the Martians were ten times as strong as they are.

One man - the first - had even managed to send a telegram to Paris

Already they were busy with returning people; in places there were even shops open

You can't even find a newspaper! If you want a rest and a change, then the best place is the sea.'

George laughed even more

Nature is beautiful even when it rains,' I said.

We agreed to continue our trip, even if it killed us.

Life is not much fun if you work as a typist in an office, and you earn so little that you can't even buy yourself a nice pair of shoes

Or even a secretary.'

'And maybe he would even agree to get us a new car from abroad

He even remembered the motor for Connie's machine

But even so we love each other very much

'Well,' said Miss Halcombe, 'I'm sure that Mr Hartright will pay us compliments even if our drawings are horrible.'

'You've been so honest that I value you even more than I did before.'

I cannot even blame him for not breaking his engagement this evening

And even though they are opposed, and even though I will be victorious, I want Miss Halcombe to know how much I admire her diary and that nothing in it contributed to my victory and her failure.

Because of our great love for her, Miss Halcombe and I had recognised her immediately, but the Count's letter had influenced Mr Fairlie, and even the servants at Limmeridge House had not recognised her.

Ten days later, we were even happier: we were married.

Why should he listen to a mad woman? I told him that Anne was even more confused than before; she now believed she was Lady Glyde

She even stopped eating