How to use in-sentence of “despite”:
+ The franchise was re-let to Virgin TrainsVirgin Trains East Coast, ending the period of government ownership, despite contributing a lot of money to the Treasury and calls for the government to retain the franchise.
+ As a result of these changing household demographics, median household income rose only slighly despite an ever increasing female labor force and a considerable increase in the percentage of college graduates.
+ Police gathered on the west side threw medical kits to him; despite the crowd asking them, they would not do more.
+ Jakob Bernoulli, “Ars Conjectandi: Usum Applicationem Praecedentis Doctrinae in Civilibus, Moralibus Oeconomicis”, 1713, Chapter 4 Despite this, it took him over 20 years to develop a good mathematical proof.
+ Therefore, they tried using a man-type character, but thought this was too odd and that “”if there was a man next to Mario, there is a sense of incongruity.”” There were ten candidates for possible water nozzles, and FLUDD was chosen because of fitting in the game’s setting, despite it not being one of the favorites.
+ When Soul Society allies restore his Soul Reaper powers, Ichigo resolves to fight with them despite learning their apparent distrust when Xcution’s leader Ginjo Kujo is revealed to be his predecessor.
Example sentences of “despite”:
+ His authoritarian government during this time caused opposition despite his attempt to placate critics with a 'show' election in 1954 were he ran without opposition.
+ Bandaranaike stayed as leader of the SLFP despite losing every general election in the next ten years.
+ On November 30, 2007, a judge ordered the release of Satish and Deepak Kalpoe, despite attempts by the prosecution to extend their detention.
+ His authoritarian government during this time caused opposition despite his attempt to placate critics with a ‘show’ election in 1954 were he ran without opposition.
+ Bandaranaike stayed as leader of the SLFP despite losing every general election in the next ten years.
+ On November 30, 2007, a judge ordered the release of Satish and Deepak Kalpoe, despite attempts by the prosecution to extend their detention.
+ She begs him not to leave her because she has found home in his company, but despite this, he dies; Belle sobs on his body and says she loves him just before the last rose petal falls.
+ His body was later placed into the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, despite his wishes to be cremated and he had been one of the first high-ranking officials to sign the “Proposal that all Central Leaders be Cremated after Death” in November 1956.
+ Scouting had many members during the 1960s, but has declined since the 1970s, despite an attempt to make scouting modern by changing requirements and adding more merit badges.
+ The region’s GDP per capita is slightly below the Romanian average, despite the fact that the major cities – Cluj-Napoca and Oradea – are some of the most prosperous in Romania.
+ He compared this situation to that of Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift, where there was initially great resistance to acceptance despite the strength of the evidence.
+ As Margaret was in Scotland at the time the battle had taken place, it was impossible that she issued the orders for their executions despite popular belief to the contrary.
+ Then, if the species were to undergo neoteny, the feature would appear suddenly in the fossil record, despite having evolved gradually.
+ This RfD has been closed as keep, despite the votes being two to delete and one to keep other than the creator of the article and person the article is about.
+ Breton literature since the 1920s has been lively, despite the falling number of speakers.
+ In April 2013, Van Dyke revealed that he has been displaying symptoms of a neurological disorder since 2006, but despite undergoing tests no diagnosis has been made.
+ The cover is changed from “grave injury death” a “suspicious death”, but the culprits do not appear, despite rallies of repudiation.
+ I mean, I’ve spent a whole lot of time trying to figure out who I am, and I think everybody goes through that.” Lloyd confirmed that “Sorry I’m Late”, which was originally due for release in November, was pushed back until early 2014, despite the record being done.
+ In 2011 the Australian government proposed building a nuclear waste dump near the town despite protests from the traditional Aboriginal land owners.
More in-sentence examples of “despite”:
+ It was very successful, despite Clint's less-than-enthusiastic acceptance of the punishing demands of TV stardom.
+ However, despite being matched, Cassia finds that she loves someone else.
+ It was very successful, despite Clint’s less-than-enthusiastic acceptance of the punishing demands of TV stardom.
+ However, despite being matched, Cassia finds that she loves someone else.
+ With the hit “Fuck tha Police”, the group’s first full album Straight Outta Compton became a big hit, despite almost no radio airplay or concerts.
+ What I love about this wiki is that, despite my desire to contribute to so many different projects, the users I see are usually the same group of people.
+ Open by two strokes despite going 6-over-par on two holes.
+ In fact, despite both being viewed as prominent WWF wrestlers, they ended up not only being main players of the Alliance, with Stone Cold being the leader that carried championship gold, but also playing a bigger role than the WCW and ECW stars during the Invasion.
+ Kurt Angle remained a heel, despite being the one responsible for the end of the Alliance.
+ It is a much smaller proportion than a century ago, despite AIDS.
+ The meat and liver are sold for human consumption, despite the fact that the liver has been reported as toxic.
+ In 1969, he was brought in from relative obscurity by Rafael Paasio, former Finnish prime minister, to assume the influential post of party secretary, despite not having much previous experience of national politics.
+ This leads to a feeling of hunger, despite high energy stores.
+ The Tsuwano clan, despite the Matsudaira rule was on the emperor’s side in the restoration.
+ In October 2017, Murphy announced that he would not seek re-election in 2018 due to revelations that during an affair he had urged his mistress to have an abortion despite his public anti-abortion stance.
+ Italy did not fight for the Triple Alliance, despite promises to Germany and Austria-Hungary, in 1914, when World War I started.
+ But this did not qualify, despite the positive comments it received.
+ Most nonbinary people who transitioned in the workplace were glad they did, despite increased discrimination.
+ The bill was re-introduced in 1986 and brought up for a vote despite Republican efforts to block it to give Reagan’s sanctions time to work.
+ Australia’s 2010 world cup finals campaign was also blighted by controversial and mostly incorrect refereeing decisions and lead to the teams eventual elimination in the group stages despite a 2-1 win over a higher ranked Serbian team and a draw against Ghana.
+ He later joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and was awarded a PTI ticket to run in 2013 election despite opposition from the PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
+ On 18 March, the government declared a national emergency despite having no confirmed cases, and closed schools until 17 April.
+ She was engaged to Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Dauphin of France whom she died not marry till 6 December 1697 despite living at Versailles for a year.
+ Jekatarina Seleznjova states that in her opinion the fundamental question asks in his paintings is ”Why are we here?”, and thus despite the culturally characteristic motifs, Kolkoutine’s paintings are supposed to touch something universally human.
+ It was, however, his student Theodor Schwann and Matthias Schleiden who got the credit for the “cell theory”, despite the fact that some of their observations were not correct, and their credits to previous workers were “a travesty”.
+ SlaughterSlaughter handcuffed himself to Chyna so that she would not get involved in the match, despite her saying that she didn’t want to.
+ Barrow continues to lead the UDP despite Sunday’s Leadership convention, the Party confirmed via Press release in the Evening.
+ He reports that it will be many years before all the papers will be open to the public, despite Nelson having died in 1979.
+ Lloyd performed some of his climbing stunts despite losing a thumb and forefinger in an accident while making a movie four years earlier.
+ She was accused of witchcraft, but she did not confess to a crime, despite the torture.
+ However, sometimes, there is a need to resolve a conflict and try to forge some type of compromise to reach a true consensus, despite the difficulties involved.
+ On 2 February 2007 it was widely reported that Edwards had lost his faith in God despite him once saying “My relationship with Jesus and God is fundamental to everything I do.
+ Zenit and Michel Platini asked the British government to ease visa visa procedures for Russian fans, despite Russia having cancelled visas for British fans travelling to 2008 UEFA Champions League Final in Moscow.
+ For example, after the Great Recession, austerity measures in many European countries were followed by increasing unemployment and debt-to-GDP ratios despite smaller budget deficits.
+ This reduced their supply problems despite Allied control of the air.
+ Uranus has more hydrogen and helium than Neptune despite being less massive overall.
+ After the First World War, despite the fact that its inhabitants were almost entirely German-speaking, Alto Adige was assigned to the Kingdom of Italy by the Treaty of Saint-Germain.
+ But despite the affair, Eun-yi is still friendly and warm to Hoon’s unknowing wife Hae-ra.
+ A reviewer from CNET expressed concern with the presentation of the device despite its comfortable design.
+ Gillespie was killed on the first day of the siege while rallying his men and despite considerable odds, both in terms of numbers and firepower, Balbhadra and his 600-strong garrison successfully held out against more than 5,000 British troops for over a month.
+ There doesn’t seem to be evidence of notability in any other regard, despite all the links to obviously notable things.
+ The book begins with an evolutionary account of sex itself, defending the theory that sex flourishes, despite its costs, because a mixed heritage confers to each generation a defensive “head start” against parasites and disease.
+ There were no more goals in the 90 minutes or in extra time despite Maradona in showing glimpses of magic, but there was a sending-off: Ricardo Giusti of Argentina was shown the red card in the 13th minute of extra time.
+ Realizing that he has a good business, which she intends to improve and save Tara, Scarlett decides to marry him, despite the fact that he was going to marry her own sister.
+ In 2008–09, despite earning 4th place, the club won the promotion play-offs and returned to the Scottish Second Division.
+ They seized the Hollandia Airdrome despite torrential rain and marshy terrain.
+ By the mid 1990’s Sylvanian Families, despite their major success, had gone out of business in the UK.
+ This is still listed in some biographies despite the complete lack of proof.
+ Thus, cells in different tissues may have very different physical characteristics despite having the same genome.
+ As a Chief Petty Officerchief aviation ordnanceman stationed at Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, he earned the medal by manning a machine gun from an exposed position throughout the attack, despite being repeatedly wounded.