Sentence examples for despite hard from inspiring English sources

Despite hard times, some voters seemed to have faith in the California dream.

The dining room, which seats about 30, is calm at lunch, despite hard surfaces that amplify every sound.

Many of them ended up or have stayed that way, despite hard work and ambition, because, like Smith's family, they were destroyed financially by uninsured medical costs.

Jefferson said, despite "hard labour through the day", Nigger would "be induced by the slightest amusements to sit up till midnight, or later".

Kathy Marquis, a reference historian at the University of Michigan, said the Ann Arbor campus grew tremendously under Mr. Shapiro despite hard times.

PAGE A11 CHARITY GALAS CUT COSTS Despite hard times, many nonprofit groups are proceeding with the charity benefits that are an annual rite of spring.

Despite hard-fought efforts to keep manufacturing jobs in North Carolina, where the industry has been based for more than 100 years, over the last decade most companies moved the bulk of their wood furniture manufacturing overseas, succumbing to the same pressures of globalization as other American industries.

Looking at Fiji alone would leave the question unanswered, why Indian Governments had an interest to cooperate with the country in the Pacific Islands despite hard-core nationalist anti-Indian sentiments and politics pursued in Fiji after the coup of 2000.

Despite hard-won gains, Africa, and particularly sub-Saharan Africa, remains the most difficult place in the world for a child to survive, says the report.

Despite his hard times, he remains optimistic.

Despite her hard work, her prospects seemed limited.