(n.) The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory.
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Even
(n.) The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum.
Example Sentences:
(1) In cardiac tissue the adenylate system is not a good indicator of the energy state of the mitochondrion, even when the concentrations of AMP and free cytosolic ADP are calculated from the adenylate kinase and creatine kinase equilibria.
(2) Graft life is even more prolonged with patch angioplasty at venous outflow stenoses or by adding a new segment of PTFE to bypass areas of venous stenosis.
(3) Some of those drugs are able to stimulate the macrophages, even in an aspecific way, via the gut associated lymphatic tissue (GALT), that is in connection with the bronchial associated lymphatic tissue (BALT).
(4) Acceptance of less than ideal donors is ill-advised even though rejection of such donors conflicts with the current shortage of organs.
(5) Even with hepatic lipase, phospholipid hydrolysis could not deplete VLDL and IDL of sufficient phospholipid molecules to account for the loss of surface phospholipid that accompanies triacylglycerol hydrolysis and decreasing core volume as LDL is formed (or for conversion of HDL2 to HDL3).
(6) Even though attempts to generalize the data from childbearing women to women of childbearing age have an inherent conservative bias, the results of our study suggest that 988 women (95% CI 713 to 1336) aged 15 to 44 years in Quebec had HIV infection in 1989.
(7) Here we show that this induction of AP-2 mRNA is at the level of transcription and is transient, reaching a peak 48-72 hr after the addition of RA and declining thereafter, even in the continuous presence of RA.
(8) Early stabilisation may not ensure normal development but even early splinting carries a small risk of avascular necrosis.
(9) Other haematological parameters remained normal, with the exception of the absolute number of lymphocytes, which initially fell sharply but soon returned to, and even exceeded, control levels.
(10) Even so, amputation of fifteen extremities and four other major excisions were required in twelve patients.
(11) I said: ‘Apologies for doing this publicly, but I did try to get a meeting with you, and I couldn’t even get a reply.’ And then I had a massive go at him – about everything really, from poverty to uni fees to NHS waiting times.” She giggles again.
(12) Even former Florida governor Jeb Bush, one of Trump’s chief critics, said ultimately, “anybody is better than Hillary Clinton”.
(13) In the German Democratic Republic, patients with scleroderma and history of long term silica exposure are recognized as patients with occupational disease even though pneumoconiosis is not clearly demonstrated on X-ray film.
(14) No significant fatty acid binding by proteins was detected in S. cerevisiae, even when grown on a fatty acid-rich medium, thus indicating that such proteins are not essential to fatty acid metabolism.
(15) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
(16) "The sending off was a joke, and I thought the penalty was even worse," Bruce said.
(17) [125I]ET-1 binding to ETB receptors (nonselective to ET isopeptides) in cerebellar membranes was not inhibited by either of these compounds even at 100 microM.
(18) No report can be taken seriously if its authors weren’t even in Yemen to conduct investigations.” The UN team was not given permission to enter the country.
(19) Control incubations revealed an inherent difference between the two substrates; gram-positive supernatants consistently contained 5% radioactivity, whereas even at 0 h, those from the gram-negative mutant released 22%.
(20) He was very touched that President Nicolas Sarkozy came out to the airport to meet us, even after Madiba retired.
Soiree
Definition:
(n.) An evening party; -- distinguished from levee, and matinee.
Example Sentences:
(1) The soiree's proclaimed objective is to build a "caucus of common sense" with Senate Republicans.
(2) At the Downing Street soiree, Gadhia said companies should set their own gender-balance record, put senior individuals in charge of attaining the goals, and include the targets among those used to set bonuses.
(3) You don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to think a little more information would be useful to make up your mind whether there was anything untoward about the Brooks-Cameron soiree.
(4) If Ford's recent London show was his usual immaculate nightclub-ready glamourpusses, this was a similar muse – but she was hosting a soiree at home.
(5) Best drink Moët Ice Imperial at the Moët beach sunset soirees – champagne on ice is surprisingly nice (I could have been in Mad Men )… Best music Alberto Iglesias's score for Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In .
(6) In fact, I think the scene in which the bug-like Gregor creeps up on the little soiree his family have organised for their three new lodgers is mostly an excruciating confirmation of conventional music's role as a pro-forma social construct.
(7) The menu was first posted by a Brisbane chef who claimed he used to work at the unnamed restaurant which hosted the Liberal National Party soiree and a staff member who was catering the dinner had taken a photo of the menu.
(8) • A fine summer, and the party season was kicked off by Westbourne Communications with a "classy soiree at Carlton Gardens West, in the heart of Westminster", according to lobbyists' magazine Public Affairs News .
(9) One of the "carrots" was inviting a young Saudi member of AQAP who was hiding out in Yemen but claimed to have seen the error of his un-Qu'ranic ways to attend his private Ramadan soiree.
(10) A new controversy over the British Museum's stewardship of the 2,500-year-old Elgin Marbles erupted yesterday with the disclosure that corporate clients and millionaires are being allowed to hold costume dinners and soirees around the priceless artefacts.
(11) But Saturday night’s soiree was deemed private, though there were some 200 guests in attendance, including Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman, American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault and former Baltimore Orioles player Brian Roberts.
(12) Updated at 11.35pm GMT 11.09pm GMT Communications minister Malcolm Turnbull on 'nothing like a dame' at a soiree for TV executives in Canberra last night.
(13) The four-times Italian PM said that the soirees he held at his Arcore villa near Milan were simply "elegant dinners", though other witnesses painted a different picture.
(14) The disclosure that the museum is using the marbles for such themed dinners and soirees - just days after Greek experts came to inspect the marbles in the continuing controversy over conservation and ownership - has shocked academics, MPs and former trustees.