Sentence examples for Despite all predictions from inspiring English sources

Despite all predictions to the contrary, the year 2000 had not brought along the Apocalypse, but only two years later, the future seemed more uncertain than ever.

And I always saunter by the Prince Edward Theater, where, despite all predictions, people still flock to "Mamma Mia!," the Abba musical; many of them even appear to be Swedish.

And so, as debate began once again on the issue -- which has failed to die despite all predictions that it would -- the sheer number of proposals under consideration guaranteed cacophony and left it far from clear what bill, if any, would survive the free-for-all.

A fascinating report in the online magazine Truthout explains how indigenous people living around Lake Texcoco in Mexico confronted a $13bn international airport – one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Latin America – and, across 17 years, and despite all predictions, won.

Sure enough, several months later, despite all predictions that the recovery would be extremely difficult and fraught with danger, none of these predictions happened.

"Despite all the predictions, 11 months later we have reached our targets, in fact are beyond our targets … [we] have shown that the Greek people have decided to make changes … and by the end of the year we will have cut the deficit by 40%," he said.

Despite all the predictions of Mayan apocalypse, the world will probably not end by Saturday morning.

Despite all the predictions to the contrary, Fischer scored eight wins and five draws to win the tournament by a one-point margin, with 10½/13.

Despite all the predictions of gloom and doom from Republican candidates and the quagmire that a Trump nomination would hold, the future of politics is a little brighter than most people think.

Actually the system, despite all the predictions at the time, has worked pretty well.

Yet despite all the predictions that it couldn't and wouldn't, revolution came to all three countries: Georgia in 2003, Ukraine last year, and Kirgizstan last week.