Sentence examples for once, despite from inspiring English sources

And the third had stood in line all night for Springsteen tickets once, despite chicken pox.

Sorry is hard to say! Strauss-Kahn didn't say it once despite having committed "an error".

Ms. Thurman actually passed on the project more than once, despite repeated overtures from the filmmakers.

At the recently concluded Belmont meet, the trainer Shug McGaughey visited the winner's circle exactly once despite sending out 40 starters.

Emirates Team New Zealand has handily won all three over Italy's Luna Rossa, once despite a sail clip coming undone in the middle of the race, which stands as the most exciting moment of competition so far.

In keeping with his anti-egghead rhetoric, George H. W. Bush — who once, despite having been a Skull and Bonesman at Yale, accused Michael Dukakis of having hatched his foreign policy in "Harvard Yard's boutique" — posted a score of 23.1%.

England captain David Beckham admitted that England had underperformed once again despite doing enough to beat Ecuador.

The Nuggets made it out of the first round only once, however, despite a lineup featuring Carmelo Anthony.

The countryside, once flourishing despite poor soil, and the supplier of a fifth of Germany's wheat, lies undrained and neglected after decades of collectivization.

He scrambled back to his car but soon encountered the suspects again at a nearby traffic light, where he confronted them once more, despite his injury.

"He's a changed man through his circumstances; he's not as naïve as he once was despite still being strongly politically-minded," he said.