How to use "matter" in a sentence

'It doesn't really matter,' said Megan

"What does it matter? A man will die

It didn't matter

People were watching us with strange looks on their faces, but it didn't matter

"Resolved: that the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend, and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes."

Before entering upon so grave a matter as the destruction of our national fabric, with all its benefits, its memories, and its hopes, would it not be wise to ascertain precisely why we do it? Will you hazard so desperate a step while there is any possibility that any portion of the ills you fly from have no real existence? Will you, while the certain ills you fly to are greater than all the real ones you fly from - will you risk the commission of so fearful a mistake?

'This matter is of no interest to me, Javert,' he said casually

'What's the matter?' the old man said, rising to his feet.

What's the matter?'

'What's the matter?' he asked, sitting next to her on the bench.

She asked, as he had done, 'What's the matter?'

'What's the matter?' Marius asked sleepily

But now we're both going to die, it doesn't matter, does it? I can't be jealous any more

As long as he had Cosette, he would be happy, and it did not matter where they lived

"But does it matter that you're not my priest? Can you still listen?"

Up on the roof, they talked about all the things that didn't really matter: what they'd eaten for dinner, the weather, Apat on the jumping machine..

"It doesn't matter what your reasons are

"But it doesn't matter

She would find Wena, no matter what Cham had said

The afternoon with Mrs Van Hopper did not matter

'What's the matter?' I said

The past and the future did not matter at all

'What does it matter? They are interested in us, that's all.'

'Age doesn't matter,' I said

Oh well, it doesn't matter, I thought

'Is there anything the matter, Madam? Are you feeling unwell?' Mrs Danvers said quietly.

'Go and take off that dress! It doesn't matter what you wear

'It doesn't matter, Clarice,' I said

'What does it matter?' I said.

'Is something the matter, Captain Searle?'

'What does all this matter?' said Favell

'This is an important matter.'

Their gaming philosophy was simple: It doesn't matter if you win or lose, as long as you stay in the game

"Eat takeout food at two hundred miles an hour in the Batmobile, and no matter how messy it gets - just hose off later."

After a hard day of crime fighting, you can get stinking drunk and throw up on yourself, and it doesn't matter

Well, that doesn't matter anymore."

No one in his right mind would take boys as young as twelve into the deepest parts of the Sierras, no matter how well prepared, supplied, and trained they were, no matter how strong, no matter how many big brothers were there to look out for them."

Smith, and other artists who made their homes in the western United States and who usually took their subject matter from either the old or the new West.

For that matter, she wasn't pushing him, either

Now, for the judge's benefit, and to explain why an exhumation had suddenly become such a vital matter, Elliot exaggerated the anguish and confusion that Tina had undergone as a direct consequence of never having seen the body of her child.

"Nevertheless, I have a duty to protect everyone's interests in the matter."

The judge's hesitation in this relatively simple matter struck Elliot as odd, but he said nothing more

No matter who was searching for them, no matter how large the organization pitted against them, this city was too big to harbor danger for them in every nook and crevice

No matter who they are, they're not omniscient

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

"This is a hell of an important matter," Kennebeck said

He didn't try to pretend otherwise with himself, no matter what face he had to present to the world

If I see many more inanimate objects dancing around, I'm going to start believing in everything, no matter how freaky."

And this is a matter of life and death."

"We're sure to encounter at least a couple of security men, no matter how clever Danny is

No one threatened my life; neither of these women had an unkempt beard (or a kempt one for that matter); neither of them presented us with a body-odor problem; and neither of them indulged in furious political rants that sprayed spittle on those of us who just wanted to make a TV movie.

However, I had become expert at overcoming this fear and had trained myself to speak calmly, no matter what said to me

'This is a serious matter, Mrs Lestrange

'What is the matter?' I asked

'I knew she had done it, so what did it matter if that proved she had killed him?'

I gave her the cheque, and forgot about the matter

'Mercy, what is the matter?' said Connie

'Perhaps, I mean, perhaps that really doesn't matter, does it? But they say he has so many wives and girlfriends.'

'My dear, what is the matter?'

'Connie, what's the matter? You've been crying again.'

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