Despite our sense of inferiority, we all felt much less tense.

Despite my sense of well-being, I fell seriously ill and in the end was sent home.

Still, Ling, despite her irritating sense of entitlement, had a point.

It would be risky to hurry, so despite her sense of urgency she moved forward warily.

So she'd simply do the best she could, despite her growing sense that she was in far over her head.

Despite our sense that the request was deeply sad and, of course, ludicrous, we did what she asked.

Despite his restrained sense of wonder, he could not hold back a feeling of despair.

Despite his better sense and the advice of colleagues, Render agrees to go along with the treatment.

Despite my general sense of inadequacy about the whole thing, I'd been flattered by his including me.

Despite their sense of general racism and discrimination, nearly all the blacks surveyed, 94 percent, said they had close friends who are white.