Sentence examples for despite direction from inspiring English sources

Faith Healer (1979), arguably his greatest play, had failed on Broadway, despite direction by José Quintero with James Mason in the title role.

Florida's four-judge majority, not content with taking over the lawmaking function of its state's Legislature, and brushing aside the dire warning of creating an unnecessary crisis from its own chief justice, arrogated to itself the power to pursue its political course -- despite direction to the contrary a few days before from the top of the nation's court system.

And, despite the direction that some newsrooms seem to be heading in, a critical eye is becoming more, not less crucial, according to the New York Times' public editor, Margaret Sullivan.

Mobrem says, despite the direction his own company has taken, the answer is an emphatic yes.

Despite great direction by Jim Simpson, and strong performances by the cast, the characters fall flat.

Despite One Direction's hectic schedule these days, it looks like Zayn was finally able to get some much-deserved "beauty sleep"... with the help of his awesome girlfriend Perrie.

Occasional clusters of SSEA 3/4-positive cells were observed in the phESC group, indicating that these cells persisted in the undifferentiated state despite lineage direction provided by the differentiation protocol.

Claiming that secrecy is increasingly necessary to protect pharmacies from potential threats and intimidation, officials refused to reveal the origin of the new consignment despite past directions from the state's attorney general's office that the prison system had not established a compelling reason why it should be allowed to deny similar open-records requests.

Last week Trump called Putin to congratulate him on winning the presidential election in Russia — without mentioning the attack in the U.K. Trump also congratulated Putin on his recent election win, despite explicit directions from his advisors not to.

In Mr. Villaraigosa's case, the city is moving in his direction despite his defeat.

Ms. Wagner's direction, despite some stiff moments, passes the test.