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Example sentences for "could neither"

  • This was such a new view of his home life to Philip that he could neither combat it nor assent to it, further than to say, that his aunt was just like everybody else, though she did have some peculiar ways.

  • President Percy was so sick he could neither go nor stand.

  • The wretched windows, without shutters, he could neither open by day nor close by night.

  • Ilbrahim, it is true, was not a skilful controversialist; but the feeling of his religion was strong as instinct in him, and he could neither be enticed nor driven from the faith which his father had died for.

  • When I came, I was so strongly absorbed in God, that I could neither open my eyes, nor hear anything he said.

  • I could neither laugh as others did, nor even eat; so much was I depressed.

  • So great was his trouble that he could neither read, study, pray, nor do scarcely any of his duties.

  • I could neither get a sufficiency of food nor of clothing; but I suffered less from hunger than from cold.

  • The murder was committed in the presence of slaves, and they, of course, could neither institute a suit, nor testify against the murderer.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "could neither" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    been decreed; could bear; could collect; could come; could confide; could distinguish; could form; could hardly; could hold; could keep; could like; could look; could name; could paint; could procure; could produce misleading results; could read; could see; could take; could tell; couldst thou; help myself; little darling; local authority; said impulsively; unto him