Sentence examples for despite their vows from inspiring English sources

Despite their vows to redouble their commitment, the murder of Dr. Tiller actually scared people away.

Were they impulsive and grandiose, overspending despite their vows not to?

Mr. Coburn's prediction is that members of Congress will find some way to pilfer the patent-fee lockbox, despite their vows not to.

Senator Barack Obama is a co-sponsor, but other major (i.e. well-moneyed) candidates, including Senator Clinton, are hesitating, despite their vows to change Washington.

That includes China and India — whose insatiable energy appetites are keeping them wedded to nuclear power, despite their vows to proceed even more cautiously in light of Japan's disaster.

In the 15th century, at least according to The Borgias, it was commonplace for Catholic clerics to have mistresses and large families despite their vows of celibacy.

The logic goes that he is not only smarter and stronger than the villain, but also has more sex appeal, to the extent that the women simply can't resist him despite their marital vows or former allegiances.

Jude, 38, and 29-year-old Sienna - who reunited after three years apart in October 2009 - have vowed to remain friends despite their break-up, which is believed to have taken place a few weeks ago.

They each wrote their own vows which, despite neither knowing what the other was going to write, echoed each other almost word for word.

In Netanyahu's view, Obama, despite instituting crippling economic sanctions, despite carrying out a series of covert operations, despite diplomatic pressure, despite vows that an Iranian bomb is impermissible — despite all that — is weak and deluded.

Most of Creditanstalt's top brass has swallowed its pride and stayed on, despite earlier vows to clear their desks if the bid succeeded.Not all of them are happy.