Sentence examples for despite being defeated from inspiring English sources

Our ramshackle eighteenth-century institutional and constitutional arrangements enabled Bush to become President despite being defeated in the vote of the people.

But Japan will fire back with its own proposal to allow small-scale hunting of whales in its territorial waters, a plan which it has doggedly pushed for decades despite being defeated 17 times at previous IWC meetings.

A group of amateur gardeners has launched a campaign to save the nation's allotments after their local council submitted a third bid to build over their plots, despite being defeated in court on its two previous attempts.

Despite being defeated by Miami (9-1) earlinr in the season and trailing in both the coaches' and news media polls, Florida State (11-1) now has a 0.51-point edge on its intrastate rival.

The announcement that ministers intend to go ahead with restructuring the profession, despite being defeated in a judicial review of the initial consultation, was greeted with dismay by solicitors.

The Indian National Congress party, which is dominant at the federal level, is thought to have made major gains despite being defeated overall winning at least 70 seats compared to just 51 in the 2002 elections.These unofficial estimates may well prove inaccurate.

Yet despite Arsenal being defeated in the Continental Cup semi-final last weekend and in the reverse league fixture, Scott strikes a cautious note.

Political analyst Luis Vicente Leon thinks Mr Capriles is the obvious candidate for the opposition to rally around, despite having been defeated by Mr Chavez in October's presidential election.

We would love to beat Santiago". Moreno echoed her coach, despite having been defeated, 3-1, at Santiago Canyon on Oct. 22 and falling to the Hawks, 2-0, at OCC on Sept. 20.

Despite this, he was defeated and killed by a joint Byzantine Turkish army in 1345.

And Furyk was defeated despite hitting one of the year's most thrilling shots.