despite
Example Sentences
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They were punished in Rome's monsoon despite getting to within a score of Italy, and then got themselves out of jail at the end in Cardiff.
From BBC
"We are in a cage, we can't study, but we still try and have hope, and we continue despite all the dangers."
From Barron's
As in normal years, worshippers booed and waved noisemakers each time the story's antagonist, Haman, was announced, before drinking and dancing to pop music despite the unusual setting.
From Barron's
It wanted the bans explicit despite Pentagon assurances it wouldn’t conduct those operations or break the law.
With costly interceptors and radar, all integrated with the U.S. military, the oil-rich Gulf Arab states have fielded some of the most advanced air defenses in the world, despite their small populations and militaries.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
