Sentence examples for spite of trying from inspiring English sources

In spite of trying to divide and rule the pro-Ethiopian Afars and the pro-Somali Issas, an independence movement, of which Gouled was among the leaders, succeeded in 1977, when he became first president.

In Devil May Cry 3, I was actually unable, in spite of trying for over an hour, to make it through the very first fight in the game on its easiest setting.

Finlay's recreations include "arguing about God" and "shouting at the slugs", Goodwin's "collecting books with Daisy in the title", and Billingham plumps for "embarrassing my children, supporting Wolverhampton Wanderers in spite of everything, trying to smuggle examples of Victorian taxidermy into the house".

In spite of that, trying to reproduce the Cantor set on the nanometer length scale seems of a certain interest.

According to a report by Bloomberg, this approach to population control has so far failed to achieve its intended outcomes, in spite of many years of trying.

In spite of improved performances by all three Northern Hemisphere teams, the results were not for a lack of trying.

CPSS did not return any result in spite of several tries.

Ms. O'Donnell, in spite of approving the switch, tried to fire the new editor, Susan Toepfer, three days later.