Sentence examples for despite wishes from inspiring English sources

URL shortening services are a dime a dozen, and despite wishes for them to vanish (with good reason) they're here to stay and more popular than ever given the abundance of social services that thrive on short messages and links.

Despite wishes to the contrary, there are still only 24 hours in a day.

Despite wishes of James Foley's family, @IsraeliPM @netanyahu is tweeting pictures of moments before James' murder to make political capital.

According to the International Fragrance Association (IFRA), this is something fragrance suppliers are increasingly willing to do, despite wishing to keep trade-secret protection in place.

Sterling remains in the Liverpool manager's plans for the final game of the season at the Britannia Stadium on Sunday, despite wishing to leave the club and becoming embroiled in another week of adverse publicity.

Still, she's reluctant to say that the play's original message is obsolete, despite wishing it were so.

Despite wishing to shoot the film in France, Besson could not find suitable facilities and "with a heavy heart" instead filmed in London.

Despite wishing it to be basic, or regressive, the music and the responses to it have been measured and nuanced — something very little of his work has enjoyed.

For example, addicted smokers may struggle to quit, despite wishing to become smoke-free.

You may feel that your experience of the insecurity that flows through life (such as through experiencing a difficult illness or other challenging problem) is something that you have coped with alone despite wishing you'd had help, and, in turn, you might wish others get over their own insecurities the same way that you were obliged to do.

Despite her wishes, there was no escaping the #OscarsSoWhite elephant.