Sentence examples for Despite its condition from inspiring English sources

Despite its condition, the car seemed a good bit more gracious than the current models.

Despite its condition the museum continues to draw a large number of visitors.

Despite its condition, U2 used the building for their dressing rooms and offices.

"Still, despite its condition, the structure has quite a prominent presence in the downtown," said John P. Sullivan, the Valhalla-based architect who is overseeing the renovations, which will cost $5 million over three years.

They had been looking for a while for something they could afford, however, and despite its condition, Ms. Goldberg was immediately taken with the dimensions of the parlor floor, which has a ceiling almost 12 feet high.

Despite its modest condition, it became the No. 1 piece in our collection.

While visiting a church he found himself attracted by a carpet despite its poor condition — the priest had recently torn off part of it to bandage the leg of a parishioner.

Despite its ravished condition, Nassau Hall served its country as a barracks, hospital, and military prison.

Despite its tattered condition, this defiantly snooty attitude prevails in the auto industry, which seems to have forgotten the old adage that "beggars can't be choosers".

(Chicago Tribune) ■ An unrestored 1929 Packard that had been sitting in a locked shed in the Adirondacks since the 1960s won best in show at the Fall Classic Car Show at Wolfert's Roost Country Club in Albany on Oct. 19, despite its weathered condition.

Despite its wobbly condition, the Bank of Cyprus still holds a uniquely influential position in the economic and political affairs of a sun-swept nation that sits on potentially large reserves of natural gas and straddles strategic fault lines between East and West.