despite

Example Sentences

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And despites its limits, the bombing does appear to have blunted the advance of Islamic State fighters in most areas of Syria and Iraq by forcing them to disperse and conceal themselves.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2015

Binalshibh is oft-mentioned in the book, which he had despites its apparently being banned in the prison.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2013

We have for a great time been long-suffering to these people, for which they have done us many contraries and despites, growing ever more arrogant as we grow more patient.

From Sir Nigel by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Enuers vous seruans: Vnto your seruaunts:   Penses quilz soyent Thynke that they be   Aussi bons comme vous; As good as ye;   Ne le despites point.

From Dialogues in French and English by Bradley, Henry

He acknowledges himself to be afraid, because of "the daily despites, injuries, and threatenings put in use towards him and his by the insolent, raging people."

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn