Sentence examples for despite distaste from inspiring English sources

President Sebastián Piñera, an economic conservative but a social liberal, has boldly promoted gay rights, despite distaste from within his own coalition.

Despite the distaste it generates among hockey executives, the regular-season shootout is here to stay.

Antonin Scalia upheld the right of protesters to burn the American flag despite his distaste for bearded weirdos.

Despite a distaste for commercial art, she learned textile design skills & eventually was able to free lance.

That Perlstein is committed to giving Goldwater and the Goldwaterites their due despite a distaste for their views lends his narrative a certain zest.

There is a furry forest plant that gorillas occasionally eat, despite evident distaste, making faces and spitting bits of it out.

There is a price to idealism, though, and despite his distaste for corporate sponsorship, Mr. Hogan said the financial realities of running a rock festival make such deals tempting.

Despite his distaste for the "messy and transient melodrama" of life, there's a real danger he might yet wind up in a soap opera.

I am therefore making this statement (despite my distaste for having to make such private matters public) for the avoidance of any doubt about what this closeness implies".

One of John Roper's great skills was to be able to work with researchers from the Soviet bloc despite his distaste for the regimes they represented.

Despite public distaste for political maneuvering during a national crisis, the opposition apparently sees an irresistible opportunity as Mr. Kan's approval ratings have dropped into the 20 percent range in recent polls.