Sentence examples for despite empty from inspiring English sources

Despite empty storefronts in the heart of Stapleton, there is much to see.

Despite empty patches of land, and half-filled new office blocks in which many find space too expensive to rent, Mupende insists the scheme is realistic and workable.

Hunger also spurs millions of children to drop out of school in order to scavenge for food, and those who manage to attend school despite empty bellies find it excruciatingly hard to concentrate.

Insufficient staffing resulted in lines of 90 minutes for meals despite empty tables and attempts to divert guests to surcharged dining rooms, where the food was not as good.

Ending marijuana prohibition is the most reliable way to remove simple marijuana possession as the basis for an arrest that can have lifelong negative consequences, as we see again and again how arrests continue despite empty rhetoric from purportedly benevolent politicians.

But the government has been unable to defeat the Tigers militarily, despite emptying its own treasury in the attempt.

Despite an empty engine compartment, the truck runs.

Despite the empty stands, Peer was pleased with the reception.

Opium poppies flourish, despite an empty official ban.Much of this is hardly Mr Rabbani's fault.

Despite its empty head and arduous length, "Flyboys" is ever so nice, in the manner of a Norman Rockwell illustration.

Her opponent, Charlotte G. Koskoff, a former college professor, had come within 1,600 votes of upsetting Representative Johnson in 1996, despite nearly empty pockets and no television time.