in spite of

1. Regardless of, in defiance of, as in They kept on in spite of their fears. [c. 1400]

Example Sentences

In fact, they’ve been worse this season than they were under USC’s previous coordinator, in spite of the fact that USC has yet to play a top-40 passing offense.

From Los Angeles Times

He played only five snaps last Saturday, in spite of the team’s dire depth at corner, but one of those plays resulted in a devastating pass interference call on Illinois’ game-winning drive.

From Los Angeles Times

But, just like when it rushed out its “Sky” voice assistant in spite of concerns over its similarity with Scarlett Johansson’s voice, OpenAI is seeking neither forgiveness nor permission.

From Slate

“She taught me to embrace myself through drag in spite of the world not loving me back. I’m big, I’m brown, I’m gay and I’m fem. Everything changed after that,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Forget the commentators who will claim that Adams had a good mayoralty in spite of his corruption.

From Slate

Related Words

• nevertheless 
• nonetheless 
• notwithstanding 
• still 
• yet