How to Use anyways in a Sentence

anyways

adverb
  • Who does that guy think he is anyways?
  • You're late. Anyways, at least you showed up.
  • Here's a look at the best movies of 2024 (so far, anyways).
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2024
  • Please come with us anyways and just hang out by the pool.
    Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
  • The driver of a black sedan turned right anyways and parked next to the crime scene.
    Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2019
  • But anyways, that’s what kind of goes through your head.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 26 July 2023
  • Who says an awards show has to be about a flashy dress anyways?
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 11 May 2021
  • The scandal would blow through and, and people who were gonna go back to the game were gonna go back to the game anyways.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The 90s to me were the greatest decade ever anyways from music to hoops to films.
    Dallas News, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Once again, Williams was covered well, and once again, Williams made the play anyways.
    Giana Han, al, 26 Sep. 2020
  • And then if a company gets it, the tribe gets it anyways.
    Dara Kam, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Dec. 2021
  • No one has time to wait ‘til 10 a.m. for lemonade, anyways.
    Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Sonora leaves the house anyways, stomps the paper bag into the ground.
    T Kira Madden, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2021
  • This cemented the style as a spring 2023 must-have look — in our book, anyways.
    Erin Johnson, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The people who are here today, well most of them anyways, get that.
    Kyle Morris, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2021
  • But how did the city of Chicago wind up with a second MLB team, anyways?
    Katrina Pham, chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The tree will be better off in downtown Louisville anyways, Kaelin added.
    Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Nov. 2022
  • But who has time to livestream, anyways, when there are new photos of Sir and Rumi Carter to gawk at?
    Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 6 June 2018
  • Dancing helps a lot with a broken heart, for me anyways.
    Marie Claire, 5 June 2018
  • And anyways, Atom and Humber will be the true losses for the Emirates faithful...
    SI.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • There aren’t that many ways around it, Smith acknowledged that and tried anyways, and that’s to be admired.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2023
  • One option, which is likely, is the Fuel would play to their strengths anyways.
    Sean Collins, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Cleveland said that wouldn’t be the way to go about recruiting Zhuric, anyways.
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • And when the United States plowed forward anyways, the tribal nations beat them in their own court.
    Nick Martin, The New Republic, 6 July 2020
  • Turns out Pate was going to get his game winner, anyways.
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Why do people think Chrishell Stause and Gleb Savchenko had an affair, anyways?
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 11 Nov. 2020
  • How is building a school that won’t be used for 1.5 yrs and the current one closed anyways essential?
    cleveland, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Health and fashion haven’t always been girlfriends anyways; in fact, there have been times when some of the hottest trends were woeful.
    Brooklyn White, Essence, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Why have a huge payroll when more than half of the teams are qualifying for the playoffs anyways?
    Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The charcoal steak was a little overdone, but a lot more palatable anyways.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 21 May 2024

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