Sentence examples for lovely despite from inspiring English sources

I am thankful for a lot, to the consulate for their organisation, to the troops we shared space with who were lovely despite all their months away, to the Navy for taking us not only home, but home in style".

If there were, the owner of Lakeside and Trafford Centre wouldn't have felt obliged to make an extended plea that everything in the world of malls is lovely, despite the rise of Amazon and the troubles of the likes of New Look, Toys R Us and Prezzo.

(The Soundcloud accompanying this article has two tracks from it). White Gloves features vocals, with a sublime, soft, barely-there sibilance that lulls you into picturing the character in the song: "She was a fighter … she was a queen …" It's lovely, despite the tragic ending.

Still, both designers offered some lovely pieces despite the misreading.

Not Iowa itself, which is a lovely place despite being the only state besides Mississippi to never have elected a woman as governor or a member of Congress.

At myspace.com/ glasssser are several lovely tracks – despite waxing lyrical about her voice, my current favourite is the instrumental "Helloa", made with what seem to be toy instruments.

And yet here Stereolab are again with another lovely record, despite the loss of Mary Hansen, the gain of French sonic real estate, and with the alliance between core members Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier sundered.

The piano-led, self-censuring Bosco is lovely, and despite a title taken from James Frey's druggy novel, A Million Little Pieces ("When I was feeling wrong, I used to go and write a song from my heart, but now I feel I've lost my spark") is brutal and touching.

When I go to bed at night, I sleep solid for hours and I sometimes have some lovely dreams despite the drugs I am on.

In The Netherlands – which for the record, is a lovely country despite its seriously lousy domestic beers – Spotify is debuting with an exclusive track from Dutch superstars Guus Meeuwis and Marco Borsato.

The cavatelli was bland, despite lovely fresh peas and a subtle smokiness from prosciutto.