Sentence examples for despite schooling from inspiring English sources

Despite schooling in drama, she turned to business when she returned to the United States in the 1960's.

Haye's challenge in Germany was easily repelled by Wladimir, who, despite schooling in America, brings an upright, risk-averse style to a sport where crowds at Madison Square Garden or in Manila watched Ali and Frazier almost destroy each other with the violence they unleashed.

At many schools, the pressure persists despite schools' efforts to combat it.

Despite school board efforts to keep schools open, virtually no teachers crossed the picket lines.

The climate for such gun control bills is not expected to improve markedly from last year, analysts say, despite school shootings.

As such, it is concerning that despite school swimming being a national curriculum requirement, nearly 1,300 primary schools still do not offer swimming lessons.

Walmart and Target don't appear to do better because it's the holiday season; Wikipedia (and Wikimedia, its umbrella organization) does fine despite school being out.

For high school seniors already anxious about standing out in a sea of applications, the concern that admission officers won't see past an Asian surname — despite schools' assurances to the contrary — adds to the anxiety.

Despite school dropout rates over 40percentt, a third spending time in prison, chronic unemployment, and endemic violence, black youth are among the most vibrant creators of popular culture in the world.

The watchdog ruled out remarking the GCSEs despite schools claiming that the boundaries between grades C and D had been unfairly moved, resulting in fewer pupils achieving top grades.

A secondary school head teacher has stopped exclusions saying he does not want to give up on pupils, despite school performance falling as a result.