Sentence examples for despite killing from inspiring English sources

Despite killing a few politicians and their wives, the I.R.A. felt it had scored only a partial success.

Obama said the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki was the only time the US had targeted a US citizen by drone (despite killing at least three others).

She's perfect!" Despite killing it, Lindsey Troy breathes a sigh of relief backstage having gotten through the set without a hiccup.

Despite killing some of its leaders and bottling up Gaza's 1.7m people in one of the most wretched and crowded corners of the planet, Israel has failed to destroy Hamas.

Despite killing it off at the beginning of this year, Google has revealed a new version of its Glass wearable computer, aimed squarely at enterprise businesses such as healthcare and manufacturing.

They also explored the impact of back-to-back cyclones in 2014 and 2015 on the reef's north at Lizard Island, which, despite killing off 80percentt of the adult corals, did not cause a decline in new corals settling.

The meeting comes during the 30th anniversary of the commission's whaling ban, which is estimated to have saved more than 100,000 whales despite Japan, Norway and Iceland killing whales via loopholes.

Despite elephants killing more than 400 people in India every year – "this is not badgers we're talking about," says Menon – here there are no suggestions it should be culled.

Despite previously killing a tablet PC initiative, Microsoft is reportedly feverishly working with its partners on Windows 7-powered tablets.

And despite hunters killing some 750,000 each year their numbers are still growing; sows reach maturity at just 8 months old and average three litters of six piglets every two years.

Obama responded that the United States would be relentless in fighting the organization despite the killing.