despite

01. She got the job [despite] the fact that she had very little experience.

02. She has decided to stay with her husband [despite] the fact he had an affair with her best friend.

03. He won the badminton match [despite] the fact that he was playing with the wrong hand.

04. [Despite] the fact that he generally hates fish, he tried the sushi, and liked it.

05. We enjoyed ourselves [despite] the poor weather.

06. Even Henry went bungy jumping, [despite] his fear of heights.

07. He passed the course, [despite] the fact that he never studied.

08. He was able to speak clearly [despite] the fact he was totally drunk.

09. She was wearing only a T-shirt and shorts, [despite] the cold weather.

10. The children played football all afternoon, [despite] the rain and wind.

11. Sigmund Freud once said, "The great question which I have not been able to answer, [despite] my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is: What does a woman want?"

12. The buffalo can run up to 30 miles per hour, [despite] weighing almost a ton.

13. He jumped in the water to save the young girl, [despite] being unable to swim himself.

14. [Despite] its large size, the grizzly bear is amazingly fast, reaching speeds of over 35 miles per hour.

15. [Despite] his struggles against poverty and illness, the great composer Schubert composed ceaselessly.