Sentence examples for despite frail from inspiring English sources

Despite frail health (angina, gallstones, inflamed appendix), Baum was a whirlwind of activity until his death, at the age of sixty-two.

Despite frail health and great difficulties, Teresa spent the rest of her life establishing and nurturing 16 more convents throughout Spain.

Despite frail health after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in December 2001, Pinter continued to act on stage and screen, last performing the title role of Samuel Beckett's one-act monologue Krapp's Last Tape, for the 50th anniversary season of the Royal Court Theatre, in October 2006.

Brezhnev retained his hold on power to the end despite his frail health and growing feebleness.

A city that now depends so much on tourists can't afford to slow down basic services despite a frail economy and the daily fibrillations on Wall Street.

The data helped reinforce a sense that consumers were spending again and that corporate profit would strengthen, despite a frail labor market and high levels of household debt.

In the evening Isaac Hayes draws a packed crowd, despite looking frail following a recent stroke, orchestrating the crowd with his bedroom voice before inspiring an outbreak of synchronised dancing during the encore.

Many see Pakistani society as feudal: the serfs supply their lords with votes as well as labour.There is truth in these images, but they obscure the extent to which Pakistan has modernised despite its frail economy and exploitative political class.

These days, despite the frail economy that he blames for his joblessness, he is energetic and hopeful as he checks the want ads on Web sites and in newspapers and heads to his networking club in Stamford, Conn ."Some of them are quite knowledgeable and have extensive reach," he said of his fellow members.

Despite a frail voice in a fragile body, distaste for the daily demands of parliamentary existence, and long periods of illness and nervous exhaustion, Tocqueville chose politics as his vocation and adhered to this choice until he was driven from office.

Despite their frail health, two thirds said they'd give up only one month.