Sentence examples for despite referring from inspiring English sources

But this season, despite referring to "currents of energy," a state of inertia seemed to prevail.

(Despite referring to these as "business," the order says that the government doesn't need "financial information").

Then President Bush, to his credit, did nothing of the kind, despite referring to the Times' exposé as "a shameful act".

Despite referring to the coverage as "sensationalist", the worrying fact is that the judge did not award Richard £210,000 damages because of the corporation's extraordinary decision to employ a helicopter.

(Despite referring to these as "business," the order says that the government doesn't need "financial information"). The sophistry lies in pretending that "metadata" is just about the transaction with Verizon the business rather than about the privacy of the callers.

He's arrived at the interview with a series of handwritten notes, which seem to represent a concerted effort on his part to work out what he is, or thinks he is, or wants to be: despite referring to them, he keeps laughingly sinking his head into his hands as we talk.

The president "made very clear that this is not a Muslim ban, it's not a travel ban", Spicer said during a press briefing, despite Trump referring to the order that same week as a "very, very strict ban", and despite similar language on official administration materials and websites.

The 52-year-old has already proved he is the best executive in baseball, but he's now undoubtedly is trying to lower the odds of winning that elusive World Series Championship, that despite once referring to the baseball playoffs as a "crapshoot".

†:Incidentally, I'm a little troubled to find out that the version of Microsoft Word I'm typing in, like, right now no longer flags "misandry" as a non-word, despite it referring only to an imagined, made up concept.

She's a chaotic neutral who irrevocably alters the air whenever she enters a room, and Henson manages to imbue her with an essential humanity that makes her feel real despite constantly referring to herself in the third person, rocking gowns that look like seeing-eye puzzles, and doing stuff like challenging a rapper to a drinking contest in order to keep him at the family's label.

Not quite, despite headlines last week referring to "chaos" and "crisis" at the BBC.