1. in any event - Adverb
2. in any event - Phrase
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
Source: WordNetI knew that my staying up would not change the election result if I were defeated, while if elected I had a hard day ahead of me. So I thought a night's rest was best in any event. Benjamin Harrison
There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need. William Faulkner
Maybe come to think about it, that is the sign of an extrovert, in any event I have always from the earliest of ages found it difficult to wander into a restaurant on my own. Roger Moore
It was never too late to learn something. The past is unalterable in any event. The future is the only thing we can change. Learning the lessons of the past is the only way to shape the present and the future. Jim Butcher
Whatever the poverty of our knowledge in this respect, it is certain that the question of the sign is itself more or less, or in any event something other, than a sign of the times. To dream of reducing it to a sign of the times is to dream of violence. Jacques Derrida
Murder... murder... Can you prove it was murder? [...] I didn't think you could prove it was murder. She was dying in any event. John Bodkin Adams