Sentence examples for despite having served from inspiring English sources

Both are unswerving patriots, despite having served in inglorious wars.

Despite having served his sentence, he is still haunted by being labelled a killer.

Like the French President, he has enjoyed an outsider status despite having served as finance minister.

He casts himself as strenuously anti-government, despite having served nearly six years in the state legislature.

Mr. Jordan was appointed president two years later despite having served notice that he wanted to retire the next year.

For one, Mr. Stein was hired despite having served a prison term for felony fraud in the 1990's.

In one of the few passages that brought applause from the crowd, he spoke of his appreciation for being commander in chief despite not having served.

Trump has also boasted of his "military life" despite never having served in the military, going so far as to suggest his military training was superior to the training completed by many entering the service.

The boys spent 18 months in detention awaiting trial, which was postponed twice because the prosecutor did not turn up, and once their case was heard they were sentenced to six months in prison – despite already having served time.

This summer, 32-year-old Gatlin ran the fastest ever 100m and 200m times by a man in his thirties, despite twice having served suspensions.

Ex-Cabinet Office minister and culture secretary Tessa Jowell retains her top-team status, while Mary Creagh enters the shadow cabinet despite never having served on the front bench before.