spite
Example Sentences
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In spite of Mama’s good care I was a sickly child and always small for my age.
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Hunger opened up in the boy like a chasm, in spite of the bland chicken breast he’d just consumed.
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It was as though I had agonized over an exam, prepared for the worst, then passed with flying colors in spite of myself.
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In spite of the submissions still coming into his mailbox from his now 130,000 followers, he doesn't post as much anymore and has largely resigned himself to the new normal of life online.
From BBC
He hasn't posted a video for three years and says in spite of his legal victory, the Saudi government has succeeded in silencing him.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.