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.
—Stephen Whyno, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2024
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Who has time for a 20-minute stop on the way to work, anyway?
—Jennifer Jacobs Dungs, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2022
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But Charles does that to me all the time with his shows anyway.
—Alex Kessler, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2023
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John doesn’t care and tells Jamie to take care of it anyway.
—Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 13 Nov. 2022
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And, so anyway, that was kind of the beginning of the idea.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 26 June 2024
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Half the Leftovers are the four guys who have been tight from the start anyway.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 July 2022
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Not that this record is for those types of folks anyway.
—Corbin Reiff, SPIN, 24 Feb. 2022
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And those are the opinions of the lords themselves — some of them, anyway.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022
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Some are young children, and wouldn’t have to pay for the beach anyway.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2022
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Half of the products that's pushed out there are all garbage anyway.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 9 June 2023
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But the people who don’t have the blue will wear the yellow one anyway.
—Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
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But don’t put the blame—or most of it anyway—on esports.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 20 Feb. 2025
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But Barack came bounding in anyway, waving to the crowd as the strains of a U2 song played.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024
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Rewind too early and the blue shell will hit you anyway.
—Kris Holt, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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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.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2022
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Foodies in Hong Kong are out of luck—at least for the next 12 weeks, anyway.
—Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2021
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Home is where the heart is -- at least for today, anyway.
—Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022
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The singer’s fans have asked Halsey to release the music anyway.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2022
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Those are all things that the sleep experts would tell you anyway.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
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That was the plan, anyway; Super Heavy didn't quite make it that far.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 May 2025
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Some women have forged ahead anyway.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2026
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Who needs opponent rating anyway?
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
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Minnesota won, anyway, and tied the program record with 25 wins.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2026
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Still, the two decide to spend some time after school and practice their parts jointly anyway.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
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Given the chance, who doesn’t shave years off their age, anyway?
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026
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And, guess what, people just might still watch anyway.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
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