Sentence examples for sad despite from inspiring English sources

Overall, this movie was pretty fucking sad, despite how well it tried to drown out the sadness with humor.

Child of the State made a deep impression: it was almost unbearably sad, despite Sissay's warm presence.

Oh God, does that sound terribly sad?" Despite Quentin's refusal to give her soul to the job, she is clearly passionate about television and loves the people who work in it, particularly the crews.

His verdict is sad: "Despite the dedication to peace it has proclaimed in recent years, it still feels like a garrison town that has died". Yet it is surely worthy of note that the major scenes of reconciliation between France and Germany, with Kohl and Mitterand in 1984, and Kohl and Chirac in 1996, were staged at Verdun.

It was sad". Despite her lack of initial success, Castellano said he saw promise in Duran even then.

Though I couldn't quite say why, that Concert for Valor ad felt tired and sad, despite the images of Rihanna singing full-throated into a gold microphone and James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica wailing away on their guitars.

Dogs like Jimmy, Buddy, Malcolm and Lucky do not implore the viewer with sad eyes, despite their palpable vulnerability.

We learned that "tea" in local parlance means Happy Hour and that, no, it is not followed by Sad Hour, despite what some desperate souls would say.

Newcomen said the case was "particularly sad" but, despite the systemic failings, he found that "overall, Home Office immigration officials did what they could to manage the man humanely within the constraints under which they operated".

Isn't it sad that despite the UK boasting some of the world's finest female cyclists in Nicole Cooke, Victoria Pendleton and Lizzie Armitstead, the only visible way for women to get involved in the UK's biggest professional bike race is to give out the prizes?

Patients in the MD phase had slightly lower incidence of RF positivity than patients in the SAD phase, despite long standing disease and 100% anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) positivity.