Sentence examples for slightly despite from inspiring English sources

His support fell only slightly, despite recession and galloping unemployment.

As a result, earnings per share will actually shrink slightly, despite the booming market for smartphones.

Europe's stock markets fell slightly, despite an early bounce, the FTSE 100 in London finishing down 0.05%.

But the supermarket admitted that its clothing sales had decreased slightly, despite the launch of Tu Premium, a more upmarket version of the Tu brand.

Costco said that food was a strong performer, while electronics were down slightly, despite good sales of new technologies like 3-D televisions.

The updated figures show that the share of school-leavers going to university at 18 has improved slightly, despite the age group shrinking as a proportion of the population.

Stocks managed to finish the day slightly higher, despite the disappointing unemployment news.

Paula's melodrama feels diminutive and slightly unformed, despite Ms. Balk's quicksilver, open, emotional quality.

Price: £3 for 12 Mark: 1.5/5 Sainsbury's cheaper version fared only slightly worse, despite being half the price.

Similarly, the concert was solid but slightly dull (despite being deafeningly loud; walls shuddered with every note).

I wish that happened more here; I found the show slightly disappointing, despite its wealth of material.