despite

In a sentence

Six example sentences with despite, each labelled with its topic.

• Despite three rejections from publishers, she finished the second novel and sent it out again the following spring.

  Literature

• The mural was completed despite a week of rain that washed the first coat off the wall twice.

  Art

• The bill passed despite objections from both party leaders, carried by a bloc of backbenchers who crossed the floor.

  Politics

• Despite playing on a sprained ankle, she scored twenty-two points and grabbed the rebound that sealed the game.

  Basketball

• The ferry sailed despite the fog, and the passengers saw nothing of the islands until the dock appeared.

  Travel

• Despite forty years of searching, the detector has never recorded the particle the theory says must exist.

  Science

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains despite. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

More Academic words

• trace
• concluded
• annual
• definition
• required
• instruction
• substantial
• retain
• complex
• emphasize
• incorporated
• proceed