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How to use despite in a sentence

40 example sentences · preposition, noun, verb

Despite means in spite of, notwithstanding. Example: “Despite being a near-mirror image my of right, my left hand is terrible at these stuff.”

Examples of despite by meaning

prepositionIn spite of, notwithstanding.

  • Despite being a near-mirror image my of right, my left hand is terrible at these stuff.
  • Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage.1995, Billy Corgan, “Bullet with Butterfly Wings”, in Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, performed by Smashing Pumpkins
  • Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives.2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions, volume 5...

More sentences with despite

  • Despite her proper upbringing, we found her manners to be terribly abrasive.From the entry abrasive
  • Despite my misgivings, I decided to take a meeting with the Russian lawyer.From the entry take
  • Despite the damp wood, he had no trouble kindling a fire.From the entry kindling
  • He became frustrated when his bench increased by only 10 pounds despite a month of training.From the entry bench
  • Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever.From the entry mind
  • Despite the reduced price of goods at the BX, everything is of high quality.From the entry bx
  • The general refused to order his soldiers to retreat, despite being vastly outnumbered.From the entry retreat
  • Despite all of the rehearsals, I froze as soon as I got on stage.From the entry freeze
  • Despite hardly having any energy to lift a pen, she left a legible note on the paper.From the entry legible
  • Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty.From the entry dirty
  • She still has a broad Scottish accent, despite moving to California 20 years ago.From the entry broad
  • Despite his success, the comedian liked to put in appearances at some of the smaller venues.From the entry put in
  • To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.From the entry grease
  • Despite zero goals and zero assists, she still stands out for carrying her team's defense.From the entry carry
  • Despite being biased and often untrue, propaganda material can be useful in OSINT analysis.From the entry propaganda
  • She gave them some faint praise for their assignments, despite not being totally convinced by the quality.From the entry praise
  • Despite arguments to the contrary, she remained rigid in her stand.From the entry rigid
  • Despite all the terrible things that happened to her, she never wavered from her beliefs.From the entry waver
  • Despite their artistic ambitions, they were never able to escape the label of a pop group.From the entry pop group
  • He fluked the other red into the middle pocket, despite the double kiss.From the entry fluke
  • Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police.From the entry raise
  • Despite his continued professions of innocence, the court eventually sentenced him to five years.From the entry profession
  • Despite what some cartoons portray, no humans were around when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.From the entry dinosaur
  • Despite its name, the hermit crab is not a true crab!From the entry crab
  • The ease of lifting the weight, despite lack of skill, came from her pure strength.From the entry ease
  • Despite extensive simulation in the design phase, the aircraft failed to behave as expected.From the entry simulation
  • He enjoys a patina of respect by the police, despite being an ex-criminal.From the entry patina
  • Despite these testimonies, "accidental asphyxiation" remains his official cause of death.From the entry official
  • Despite decades of research, mass-market personal aircraft are still science fiction.From the entry science fiction
  • Despite the heat, he felt a chill as he entered the crime scene.From the entry chill
  • Kyle purchased a new one despite having a backlog of video games that he hasn't played.From the entry backlog
  • Despite being less than five foot, she filled up the theatre with her stage presence.From the entry presence
  • Despite moving, he maintained a strong tether to his culture back home.From the entry tether
  • Despite a slow start in the race, he carried it off in the end.From the entry carry off
  • Despite appearances, the firm was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.From the entry teeter
  • Despite being shot on tiny budget, the student film looked incredibly cinematic.From the entry cinematic
  • Despite giving away twenty pounds in weight, the challenger found a knock-out blow in the second round.From the entry give away

Meaning of despite

  1. preposition In spite of, notwithstanding.
  2. noun Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
  3. noun Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.

Full definition of despite

Questions about despite in a sentence

How do you use despite in a sentence?
Despite is used as a preposition, noun and verb. For example: “Despite being a near-mirror image my of right, my left hand is terrible at these stuff.”
What is a short sentence with despite?
“Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty.”
What does despite mean?
Despite means in spite of, notwithstanding.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: despite (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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