Spite
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926 examples of Spite in a sentence
Or—"In
spite
of the laws against vagabondage, the approaches to our great towns continue to be infected by bands of beggars.
He grew desperate as he felt this image fading from his memory in
spite
of all efforts to retain it.
In
spite
of the economy with which Bovary lived, he was far from being able to pay off his old debts.
She ventured to enter the shop of the Verrieres bookseller, in
spite
of his terrible reputation as a Liberal.
At length, in
spite
of her resolutions, she decided to show herself in the garden.
Julien's departure brought no cessation of the transports which were shaking her in
spite
of herself, nor of her struggle with the remorse that was tearing her.
In
spite
of the horrible fear that a horse inspired in him, M. de Moirod ended by accepting this honour like a martyr.
These gentlemen, yielding in
spite
of themselves to Julien's imperious glance, surrendered it to him.
They moved down the long corridors of the abbey of Bray-le-Haut; in
spite
of the brilliant sunshine, these were dark and damp.
And then, for all one knows, in
spite
of the fortune he is to inherit through her, he will make a scandal.
She had any number of purchases to make in the town, and declared that she absolutely must dine in a tavern; in
spite
of anything her husband might say or do, she clung to her idea.
'It is worth more than eight hundred; I am going to cover the bid.''It's cutting off your nose to
spite
your face.
In
spite
of her resolve to the contrary, she had revealed to Julien the whole business of the lease.
He loved her children far more than their father; in
spite
of his strict discipline, he was adored by them.
'The day on which I came here,' he replied, gazing at the abbe Pirard's forehead, for he could not face his terrible eye, 'I was trembling with fear: M. Chelan had told me that this was a place full of tale-bearing and
spite
of all sorts; spying and the accusation of one's comrades are encouraged here.
Try to recover yourself; when he passes, I shall hold you up, for I am strong and vigorous, in
spite
of my age.'
In
spite
of herself, she often thought of the strange creature whose coming into her life had so upset it, but she would never have dreamed of writing to him.
In
spite
of all M. Pirard's activity, and albeit M. de La Mole was always on the best of terms with the Minister of Justice and still more with his officials, all that he had been able to achieve, after six years of constant effort, was to avoid actually losing his case.
In
spite
of herself Madame de Renal felt this tone of authority exert its influence over her heart.
In
spite
of the ugly white walls set up this year, which divide the park in pieces?
In
spite
of all this kindness, Julien soon felt himself completely isolated among this family.
The Marquis's kindness was so flattering to our hero's easily wounded vanity that presently, in
spite
of himself, he felt a sort of attachment to this genial old man.
In
spite
of these sober qualities, and thanks to his pride, it conveyed no sense of inferiority; one felt merely that he still regarded too many things as important.
'But,' she went on, suddenly, her eye sparkling with joy, 'by the bitterness and the frequency of their sarcasms, they prove, in
spite
of themselves, that he is the most distinguished man that we have seen this winter.
'In
spite
of all the drawbacks of his eternal black coat, and of that priestly face, which he is obliged to assume, poor boy, if he is not to die of hunger, his merit alarms them, nothing could be clearer.
'The style is not unduly affected,' he said to himself, seeking by literary observations to contain the joy that was contorting his features and forcing him to laugh in
spite
of himself.
To render impossible, perhaps, that marriage with the Marquis de Croisenois, which is the bright spot in his future: if he is not made Duke, at least his daughter will be entitled to a _tabouret_.'Julien thought of starting for Languedoc in
spite
of Mathilde's letter, in
spite
of the explanation he had given the Marquis.
These words were the dying breath of his gratitude to M. de La Mole which, in
spite
of himself, had tormented him until then.
In
spite
of the violence she was doing to herself, she retained entire command of her speech.
On her return home, in
spite
of anything that Madame de La Mole might say, Mathilde alleged an attack of fever, and spent part of the night playing over the _cantilena_ on her piano.
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