Sentence examples for despite serving from inspiring English sources

This time he coped, despite serving 11 double-faults.

Despite serving recently as the president's special envoy in Europe, she keeps her distance.

Somehow, he pushed through the tension, despite serving a double-fault on his first match point.

Johnson confessed that he knew nothing about cars, despite serving as GQ's car reviewer for a time.

His first disappointment was failing to make it into Cameron's first cabinet, despite serving as shadow home secretary.

Raonic lost in a third-set tiebreaker to Roger Federer in the quarterfinals in Halle, Germany, last week, despite serving 25 aces.

Despite serve speeds now frequently exceeding 100 mph [9], if one adopts a very conservative estimate that a professional tennis shot travels at 50 mph during a rally, a 21 33 ms response delay equates to a ball travelling two extra feet on every shot before an opponent can respond.

Despite only serving for a few months, he was awarded a DSO for single-handedly capturing 18 Germans.

But Collins said Batista, despite primarily serving as a long reliever and emergency starter, was actually one of the team's backup closers.

In the past few months, master forger Wolfgang Beltracchi has given interviews to CBS, Channel 4 News and The Sunday Times – despite currently serving a six-year sentence for fraud.

I asked him why he thought the bridge remains despite not serving any purpose.