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
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