Sentence examples for despite prodigious from inspiring English sources

But their opponent was the San Diego Chargers, whose annual foibles despite prodigious talent might best be summed up by one play midway through the fourth quarter, when they were driving to take the lead.

Economists have long struggled to square the view of investors as rational actors with the fact that they entrust 79% of their money to active funds, despite prodigious evidence that it's a losing game.

Candida glabrata is a haploid yeast related to S. cerevisiae, and natural populations contain both a and α isolates; however, no mating has yet been detected in the lab despite prodigious efforts [ 5]. C. glabrata could be asexual, or it may simply be that its mating rituals will require further wile on our part to discern patterns of cryptic sexuality.

Despite the prodigious efforts of its fundraisers, and despite Burges exceeding the original budget, Cork was still unable to afford a really large cathedral.

Despite its prodigious horsepower, the engine is fairly silent.

Despite these prodigious achievements, slang remains a notoriously slippery object of study.

Despite that prodigious output, Notre Dame remains only 109th in offense in the nation.

But despite its prodigious research and keen analysis, "1948" can be exasperatingly tedious.

Sullivan, despite his prodigious talent for melody and skittish invention, had more lofty ambitions.

Despite the prodigious hamming onstage, these performances have a lived-in quality that keeps everyone, if not always on the same page, then in the same world.

Despite his prodigious output of murals, buildings, furniture, grave markers and soup tureens, he was long dismissed as a well-connected but superficial bon vivant.