How to Use even if in a Sentence

even if

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  • March’s Feel Good Recipes March marks the start of spring, even if there’s still snow on the ground.
    — Urmila Ramakrishnan, Bon Appétit, 1 Mar. 2025
  • That way, even if your drives fail, your data is still backed up in the cloud.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The numbers start to numb even if the dominance does not.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
  • The metal frame around the mirror is durable and won’t rust, even if the mirror is in the bathroom.
    — Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025
  • In the meantime, no one is assigned to the case, even if the defendant is in jail.
    — Caleb Bedillion, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2023
  • One of the most common fights or arguments are about where the fans point and even if the fans should be on or off.
    — Daniel White, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2024
  • And even if they’re destroyed, people would rather be in their homes than be refugees.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024
  • The stars are aligning in your love life this month, even if there are no strings attached at first.
    — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
  • So my view is no, even if the Rangers miss the playoffs, neither is getting fired.
    — Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The beans ground with water had a longer extraction time and a stronger brew, even if they were made with the same beans.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Our top picks keep everything in place, even if your workout is just a walk to the fridge.
    — Michael Sawh, Wired News, 13 May 2025
  • This forces schools to purchase new Chromebooks, even if the machines are still in good shape.
    — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But even if Tatum asked, Moore isn’t totally sold on the idea of reprising her role.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024
  • But even if a storm like that made it to Matthew’s parents’ neighborhood, their house rests on a mound.
    — Sharif Paget, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • That’s still true to a large extent, even if the number of swing voters has sharply declined since then.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Stay grounded, even if your head is full of big dreams and expansion plans.
    — Teja Chekuri, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • But, even if your state ranked low in the listings, the experts in the WalletHub study shared that happiness is still up to you.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The unspoken rule: When in doubt, act like the men around the table, even if the company dress code requires you to wear a skirt.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
  • But even if the capsule is pared back, Halo aims to make the experience worthy of the high price.
    — Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Giving her a gift card to a grocery store is likely to go over better, Givi says, even if the dollar amount is the same.
    — Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Nov. 2024
  • But even if that’s not the case, do the inflated numbers on the display count as greenwashing?
    — Alden Wicker, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2024
  • For all of these reasons, there may not be an EAA Reservoir in a hundred years, even if rare ghost orchids still bloom in the area.
    — Time, 12 July 2023
  • Most coffee beans, even if freshly roasted, sit stored as green beans for months.
    — Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 1 Jan. 2025
  • But there is no long-range plan in place to make those fixes, and even if there were, the work would take years and cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The opening notes of that fiddle would've set the country tone even if Roan hadn't debuted the song in Daisy Dukes and cowboy boots.
    — Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025
  • So the novelist made for a tricky subject, even if Morris and I could never quite agree on why.
    — David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • But even if the plane continues in cruise control, don’t panic.
    — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Anyone who's ever been to the tournament knows the pimiento cheese sandwich isn't to be missed—even if the recipe did change a few years ago.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Another solid way to cash in if City wins, even if this game ends up being competitive, is Man City half time/full time.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
  • But experts say that even if a Democrat took office this cycle, wealthy citizens would still have left due to the prospect of higher income taxes.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 July 2025

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