Sentence examples for despite ambivalence from inspiring English sources

When the gay-marriage movement began to percolate, Ms. Sprinkle and Ms. Stephens decided to hop aboard, despite ambivalence about the institution from a feminist, economic and political perspective.

It is the disease that nearly killed him when he was in his 20s and the disease that made him a symbol of hope for millions after he made his first comeback in 1998, despite ambivalence generated by recurring allegations of doping.

Nine Inch Nails has been credited by music journalists for popularizing industrial music, despite ambivalence from Reznor.

Despite ambivalence concerning the war, the number of military volunteers routinely exceeded quota, and the city's manufacturing proved invaluable to the Union.

But despite the ambivalence of the Paris crowd toward her in recent years, and despite her increasing need to search for her words in the language of Voltaire and Yannick Noah, Pierce continues to catch the long flight across the Atlantic to play at home.

Despite the ambivalence, he did act.

Despite this ambivalence, Mr. Giuliani promises to nominate judges who are "strict constructionists".

Despite our ambivalence, sales of psychiatric drugs amounted to more than seventy billion dollars in 2010.

Larson was "a little advanced" technologically, Mr. Reside said, despite his ambivalence about the Big Brother-ish aspects of technology.

Despite the ambivalence on Capitol Hill, the new space competition has drawn both entrepreneurs and the old aerospace giants.

Giving up the idea of a wedding, or worse, being made to feel silly for wanting one (despite my ambivalence), felt like another thing forfeited.