Sentence examples for despite a flurry from inspiring English sources

Despite a flurry of interest, the spectacle did not materialize.

Despite a flurry of activity, the market for contemporary art in Nepal has waned.

But despite a flurry of arrests, investigators admit that the system of monitoring is undermined by corruption and legal loopholes.

Despite a flurry of newspaper stories, Antares had built only two houses at Taconic Estates, and had sold just one of them, for $10.75 million.

But despite a flurry of prison-building in the 1980s and 1990s, cheered on by officers' unions, California struggled to house the growing aviary of jailbirds.

SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Despite a flurry of attention over the deal makers at the Allen & Company media and technology conference here — Rupert Murdoch!

Although Hatem Ben Arfa, Demba Ba, Jonás Gutiérrez and Davide Santon were rested, much of Newcastle's old fluency was returning and, despite forcing a flurry of early chances and corners, Bordeaux folded after Papiss Cissé scored his team's third.

Yet despite facing a flurry of huge deliveries early on, Murray soon got his eye in and registered a break point in game seven.

But despite this, and a flurry of visits to Israel by European leaders, all upholding the country's right to self-defence, it is hard to ignore the change in attitudes from decades past.

Despite emotional protests, a flurry of last-minute court challenges and a divided Texas parole board, the governor declined to stand in the way of the execution of Gary Graham, who had been convicted in a 1981 murder in Houston.

And while the rate of new sign-ups picked up early this year, lately the rocky economy has discouraged many potential customers, despite reports of a flurry of cellphone buying in the week after Sept. 11.