Sentence examples for despite thinly from inspiring English sources

Despite thinly drawn characters and a predictable order of fatalities (look out, socially awkward nerd!), "Severance" is a lively romp through terrain less traveled than you might think.

Despite thinly disguised threats from the government that their bonds might take a big hit in a future transaction, many foreign investors preferred to keep half, if not more, of their bond holdings in the belief that a successful buyback would improve Greece's standing in the markets and thus increase the value of their bonds.

He sang, thinly, and despite the cast on his right leg — gray, matched by a gray high-top sneaker on his left — he managed to nail the outlines of his dance routines, though he took to a stool and strapped on a guitar for "Favorite Girl," his best song of the night.

Despite the president's thinly veiled threats, the armed militia operating in the region shows no signs of backing down.

Nevertheless, despite being stretched quite thinly across the sector, UNICEF has contributed to increasing access to improved water as well as increasing the capacity of communities to manage their own water systems as well as that of PDAMs and local government agencies.

The House leader, Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, said the administration has responded with "thinly veiled disdain" toward Taiwan despite seemingly daily threats directed toward the island from the Communist Party headquarters in Beijing.

At its best, "Birds" is delightful, despite a junky subplot or two and some thinly fictionalized history.

It was seen as a thinly veiled attack on Moyes and, despite his later apology, he is believed to be unsettled at Old Trafford and may be more so after his injury fears were realized last week.

Despite its size, it is one of the most thinly populated Brazilian states.

Despite increased defence spending and American military aid, Colombia's security forces remain thinly stretched.

Despite the psychological shock to the nation, the earthquake and tsunami devastated a thinly populated region far from Tokyo and the nation's other center of gravity, Osaka in western Japan.