Sentence examples for and yet persisted from inspiring English sources

In Masipa's words, "Did the accused foresee the possibility of the resultant death and yet persisted in his deed reckless whether death ensued or not?" If he did, he would be guilty of what South African law calls dolus eventualis, a category of criminal intent that falls short of premeditation but which still implies murder because the possibility of death is foreseen.

This is illustrated in the following quotations from a participant with a reversing import meter, who appeared to understand that there was no financial benefit in engaging in demand response behaviour and yet persisted in, and indeed enjoyed, this activity: Actually I have [an importing meter] too.

At its heart, our Arts & Cultural Strategy deeply centers ways of knowing, seeing, and being that have been too often ignored, excluded, or misunderstood in lieu of "hard" expertise, and yet persist and thrive in the space of culture and the arts.

We have no idea of how out of it we are, and yet persist in acting as though we're with it.

And yet we persisted in thinking that it did.

And yet he persisted, dedicating the concert to the cause of "reconciliation, tolerance, and peace," and the song "Anthem" to the bereaved.

I knew this, and yet I persisted in bringing pork bellies into my mother's kitchen, an act that I suppose qualifies as not-so-passively aggressive.

It grew to three times that size a decade later and yet deflation persisted.

And yet, reservations persisted.

And yet he persisted in shooting for the lowest common denominator's lowest common denominator.

And yet, Angelou persisted; as she wrote in what is perhaps her most famous poem, "Still I Rise".