despite

Example Sentences

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Thomson described how her mother refused to drink, despite desperate efforts from her family to hydrate her with a syringe, and was spitting out her saliva every five to 10 seconds until she died.

From BBC

The head of Berlin's international film festival will stay in the post despite controversy over a film director's anti-Israel remarks at the event, the German culture minister's office said Wednesday.

From Barron's

Santhosh Kanakandath still managed to fly to Berlin from Oman to represent his travel agency at the ITB Berlin tourism trade fair, despite the travel disruption caused by the war in the Middle East.

From Barron's

As it turned out, despite what Papa had said earlier, we didn’t talk about Hannie being brought home by two policemen.

From Literature

The low prices come despite the rising cost of memory and storage inside the devices, which could eat into Apple’s profit.

From The Wall Street Journal