Sentence examples for anxious despite from inspiring English sources

The call was cordial and did not leave Mr. Zelnick anxious despite the implications for his company.

Polls showed that the decision had widespread approval from the French, who are apparently anxious, despite approval of the American raid, to avoid provoking Arab anger.

R seems to be more cheerful, less anxious, despite his occasional hide-away-from-the-world days; I am not yet too tired to carry on in our relationship and he is not yet too tired to give up on his dreams of a sober life.

Ms. Atkins, 29, is one of the most talented singer-songwriters to emerge in New York in years, with songs that have anxious undercurrents despite their romantic, cinematic sweep -- "pop noir," she calls it.

The Roths did what parents lucky enough to gain a toehold in an elite school might consider unthinkable: They pulled him out, anxious that despite Ethical Culture's top reputation, the philosophy that the school shares with a number of its peers — that kindergarten is more of a social year, not an academic one — was not letting Drake bloom.

Smokers who successfully quit feel less anxious afterwards - despite the belief that smoking relieves stress, researchers say.

Neither inflexible uncertainty beliefs (r =.04) nor desire for predictability (r =.03) obtained significant correlations with anxious arousal despite both demonstrating strong correlations with worry (rs =.50 and.46, respectively).

The present study found that those patients who had been infected with HIV for more than 10 years did not have more depressive or anxious symptoms, despite the fact that 84% of these patients have a psychiatric history; neither did they report more physical symptoms.

She spun out, becoming anxious, obsessive, and, despite her charm, wildly self-centered — in her own words, "the frightening woman whose fear ate her sanity".

But rats that had run for several weeks before being stressed showed less serotonin activity and were less anxious and helpless despite the stress.

It was Mr. Obama's second speech in two days on the economy, as he seeks to convince anxious Americans that despite 9.5 percent unemployment, his policies are indeed turning the economy around.