Sentence examples for despite a sympathetic from inspiring English sources

Despite a sympathetic gay theme, one critic noted that it confirmed the slump in Schlesinger's career and indicated a willingness to accept inferior material, rather than face - at 75 - inactivity.

Doctor Foster, despite a sympathetic ear for her patients, is the worst GP of all time – betraying confidences at the drop of a hat, threatening patients in their own homes and getting involved in their domestic problems.

Yet he keeps fact and fantasy clear enough in his own head and, despite a sympathetic ear, cannot really hide the fact that this book is an extended visit to the epistemic zoo.Eugen Weber's "Apocalypses" is altogether more interesting and informative.

Despite access to a sympathetic Congress and extensive enforcement resources, the music industry has found recourse to law largely unavailing against this tide of technological progress.

Despite the efforts of a sympathetic clerk, the records could not be retrieved from storage until Tuesday.

Despite a largely sympathetic Serbian public, conditions in the camp are squalid.

Jeff, despite his "fateful night," is a sympathetic character.

And Sahoko Sato, a mezzo-soprano, made Fidalma a sympathetic character despite her foolish crush on a younger man.

As farcical as this scenario is, Mr. Libeskind emerges as a sympathetic figure despite himself: a victim of the dream he must have wished for.

(The Soviets suffered some 15,000 dead and many more injured). Despite having failed to implement a sympathetic regime in Afghanistan, in 1988 the Soviet Union signed an accord with the United States, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and agreed to withdraw its troops.

The author, despite his own agnosticism, evinced a sympathetic understanding of religion in all its stages yet ultimately subordinated religion to the service of society by concluding that religion's primary function was to maintain the social order.