Sentence examples for despite contending late from inspiring English sources

Despite contending late into the season, the 1948 Yankees finished in third place in the AL.

But an advocacy group for riders contended yesterday that despite the improvement in the guides in 1996 and a promise then by New York City Transit to make the flow of information better from train crews to riders, announcements of reasons for delays were growing worse.

"It's premature to say they can contend this year.

So the Jazz should not have expected to contend this year.

Her first album, "Like in Love!", came out in 1959, and she had her greatest commercial success over the following decade despite contending at times with the latest sounds.

In Atlanta, Bobby Cox is about to retire despite contending again for the postseason.

They contended in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and ended badly, always at home.

Contending in 2012 was not really in the Mets' plans.

Lakers Bryantt, Clippers' Pierce are still around to contend on Christmas.

Last month, an organization in Washington used unverified data to make the case nationally — despite detractors contending that the analysis was "simplistic" — that the university is run inefficiently.

It was imposed despite RTÉ contending that press freedom, public interest and legitimate journalistic inquiry should be paramount.