Example sentences for: despite

How can you use “despite” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Despite D ' = 1.0, some pairs of SNPs are poor markers of each other, showing relative risks between 0.5 and 2.0 when the linked hypothetical disease allele gives a relative risk of 10.

  • Despite the fact that he was forced into this situation, the offending adviser was sentenced to death and committed suicide as you described in your magazine.

  • Critics are quick to note that despite being distributed by an arm of the Disney empire, the film is about as different from The Little Mermaid as you can get, and it "makes Hollywood's homiletic, follow-your-dream fables look even more solipsistic" (David Edelstein, Slate ). Most impressive is the "exotically beautiful" artwork (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ); the director is reported to have personally retouched some 80,000 of the film's 1.4 million cells.

  • The findings are no surprise: Americans are moderate and centrist "from virtually every angle" ( LAT ). The poll largely replicates the results of Wednesday's NYT /CBS News poll (see Wednesday's "TP"): The Congressional GOP is extraordinarily unpopular, despite George W. Bush's popularity; Gore will be hard pressed to beat Bush, despite Clinton's high approval rating; people are happier with their finances and more tolerant of government intervention than five years ago.

  • Yet despite that, "our country, having allowed Pinochet to enter its borders for medical treatment, has now detained him in order to comply with a case brought by the Spanish Communist Party."


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