Sentence examples for despite hanging from inspiring English sources

Despite hanging up his boots almost 40 years ago, Pelé remains the game's greatest hero.

Despite hanging on for victory last Saturday, having been outscored by three tries to two, South Africa confined themselves to one change yesterday.

But despite hanging on to majorities in both chambers of Congress - subject to negotiations - the government fell far short of the two-thirds majority it would have needed to push these reforms through.

He gets the second serve in, and despite hanging in the rally for a good period, and despite keeping it all on his forehand side, the relentless pressure from Djokovic tells and he hits one wide.

They got into trouble despite hanging around in port for months before being told the sea was "too rough for pirates" and that it would be safe for them to set sail.

But when dictator Hosni Mubarak was ousted, Hawass was tainted by association, and despite hanging on to his position for a few months, he later left under a cloud of never-proven corruption allegations.

There was much less visual interest, despite the hanging fabric (by Kristina Karmazinova) in which three of the four dancers (all female) began the piece cocooned in, and behind which they ended, miming some alone time in the shower.

And the fourth is endemic to the business: Do all waiters learn how to work busily at the next table without ever looking up, despite you hanging out of your chair and waving your arm like a first grader hoping the teacher will call on you?

Despite barely hanging on to our ballooned mortgage, I shopped.

For the disso queen, despite the wall hanging, there is no end.

Its efforts were in vain; Grimm trounced his Democratic challenger, Domenic Recchia, despite the indictments hanging over his head.