Sentence examples for despite formidable from inspiring English sources

Despite formidable political opposition, proponents of vouchers in other states are pushing ahead.

Finland's Parliament is expected to reluctantly approve the fund measure in a vote on Wednesday, despite formidable domestic opposition.

It was humiliated in 2009 when it failed to crush rebels in Yemen despite formidable advantages in resources and military hardware.

For Alpher is among those Israelis who still believe that, despite formidable obstacles, peace with the Palestinians and the "Arab core" is both possible and desirable.

In 1889, despite formidable opposition (including from William McKinley, who later had to settle for the presidency), he ascended to the speakership, and with it the chairmanship of the powerful Rules Committee.

Fresh out of prison and despite formidable odds, Alice Bhatti, a Catholic nurse in present-day Pakistan, has wrangled a job at Karachi's Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments, a cesspit of gangrene and incompetence.

The seeming ease with which Mr. Li snatched Cable and Wireless HKT -- despite his company's small size and meager assets, and despite a formidable counterbid by the much larger Singapore Telecommunications -- has troubled some people here.

But, despite these formidable barriers, he prevailed.

The law was passed in 1999, despite the formidable barricade thrown up by Elisabeth Badinter.

Ms. Baker says that despite his formidable caffeine intake, Mr. Gold is preternaturally serene.

Despite his formidable reputation, Mick was always modest, accessible and communicative.