Sentence examples of "yet" in English
Our teacher is strict, and yet, he is kind.
Notre instituteur est strict, et pourtant, il est gentil.
This is a difficult responsibility to embrace. For human history has often been a record of nations and tribes subjugating one another to serve their own interests. Yet in this new age, such attitudes are self-defeating.
C'est une responsabilité difficile à assumer. Car l'histoire humaine a souvent été un récit de nations et de tribus se subjuguant les unes les autres, pour servir leurs intérêts propres. Cependant dans ce nouvel âge, de telles attitudes sont contre-productives.
She grew up near the sea, yet she hates swimming.
Elle a grandi au bord de la mer, et pourtant elle a horreur de nager.
The wind blew harder yet when we reached the top of the hill.
Le vent soufflait pourtant plus fort lorsque nous atteignîmes le sommet de la colline.
He claims to be a socialist, and yet he has two houses and a Rolls Royce.
Il prétend être socialiste, et pourtant il a deux maisons et une Rolls Royce.
Yet, with all this strange appearance of humility, and this contempt for human reason, he ventures into the boldest presumptions.
Pourtant, malgré toute cette étrange apparence d'humilité et ce mépris pour la raison humaine, il s'aventure dans les suppositions les plus audacieuses.
The victims were innocent men, women and children from America and many other nations who had done nothing to harm anybody. And yet Al Qaeda chose to ruthlessly murder these people, claimed credit for the attack, and even now states their determination to kill on a massive scale.
Les victimes étaient des hommes, des femmes et des enfants innocents de l'Amérique et de beaucoup d'autres nations qui n'avaient rien fait pour faire mal à qui que ce soit. Et pourtant Al Qaeda a choisi de tuer impitoyablement ces personnes, a revendiqué l'attaque, et même aujourd'hui déclare sa détermination à tuer en masse.
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