How do you use the word "though" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "though": Even though he apologized, I'm still furious. You can probably guess what happens though.

Though Meaning

/ðəʊ/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

advDespite that; however.

advUsed to intensify statements or questions; indeed.

Sentence Examples

Even though he apologized, I'm still furious.

You can probably guess what happens though.

Our team lost. It was a good game though.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The weather was terribly bad, ____ they still went for a walk outside.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

They decided to go for a long walk in the park even ____ it was starting to rain quite heavily this afternoon today.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *to-der. Proto-Indo-European *-weder. Proto-Germanic *þau Proto-Indo-European *-kʷeder. Proto-Germanic *-hw Proto-Germanic *þauh Proto-West Germanic *þauh Old English þēah ▲ Proto-Germanic *þauh Old Norse *þóhder. Middle English thogh English though From Middle English though, thogh, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó). Superseded (in most dialects) Middle English thegh, from Old English þēah (“though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether”). Both the Old Norse and Old English are from Proto-Germanic *þauh (“though”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, suffixed with Proto-Germanic *-hw < Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe (“and”). Akin to Scots tho (“though”), Saterland Frisian dach (“though”), West Frisian dôch, dochs (“though”), Dutch doch (“though”), German doch (“though”), Danish dog (“though, however”), Swedish dock (“however, still”), Icelandic þó (“though”). More at that.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful." — 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

"Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill." — 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

"And hee said vnto him, If they heare not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be perswaded, though one rose from the dead." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 16:31:

""Though we called your friend from his bed this night, he could not speak for you, / "For the race is run by one and one and never by two and two."" — 1919, Rudyard Kipling, Tomlinson:

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