How to Use even now/then in a Sentence

even now/then

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  • And even now that the film is out, the merch tie-ins are still going.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 24 July 2023
  • The song feels so fresh, even now, that it could’ve been written last week.
    Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Other projects raised questions that even now feel flammable.
    Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
  • This is how many lawyers talk about Clarence Darrow, even now.
    Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • And yet, even here, even now, this game is as unsparing as ever.
    Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • And even then, there will be more pieces required to complete the puzzle.
    Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
  • Turned on lockdown mode, and even then its showing the same alert, and crashing.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 2 Nov. 2023
  • And even then, the adjustments made weren’t quite enough for the areas that got the most.
    Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The ordering process was labyrinthine, and even then, the book took six months to arrive.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Biden contended that even now, the state of the world is not as bleak as during past crises.
    Dave Lawler, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
  • But even then, the change will not be new and will probably be limited.
    Derek Newton, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
  • But that is the question, even now, that is so difficult to answer.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2024
  • As adults, fireflies live and flash for only about two weeks a year − and even then, just for a few hours each night.
    Owen Martin, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
  • But even then, there was no grand strategy—just a sense that something was working.
    Lela London, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
  • But even then, something about Franzen’s argument felt wrong to me.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The new Siri won’t launch until the fall and, even then, will be labeled a beta.
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 14 June 2024
  • Others have a longer treatment course, but even then, most treatment courses are for just three days.
    Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Or else that the husband was even now a musician in a nightly piano bar.
    Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • But even then, what will Bryce Young look like with a handful of starts under his belt?
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Except even then, a quick test may not give an accurate idea of how a mattress will feel in six months’ time.
    Samson McDougall, Health, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Lewis found several things set the Bay Area music scene apart even then.
    John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024
  • And even then, the circumstances must be very different than the ones of today.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
  • But even then, life would have more hurdles for Peggy Caserta.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2024
  • But even then, the troll went down fighting, The Verge reported.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The best surf fishing reels and rods can cost hundreds of dollars and even then, can still succumb to sand and salt in no time.
    Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 30 May 2024
  • But the best moments in the book are when Moreno gets to brag about a red hot career that even now shows no signs of cooling.
    Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 July 2024
  • But even then, the Huskies didn’t have to play three games in three days, with little time to adjust and refocus.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 27 Nov. 2024
  • And Constance knew even then that the best love acknowledged the groping effort of the erring will.
    Jim Shepard, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
  • Their dream was passionately fought for, and achieved only by some, and even then, only through the blood, sweat, and tears of many.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024
  • And even then there were 19 holdout songs that could have totally knocked the Jenga down.
    Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025

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