Luce never wrote her autobiography despite a contract to do so.

He quickly wrote 10,000 words, despite his pain (eventually the manuscript grew to about 800 pages).

Fortran provided several techniques to write large programs despite this limitation.

The Mâles also wrote matters of their faith on paper, despite its high cost.

The president is trying to write the history of the Iraq war as a success despite its uncertain outcome.

Everybody's ready to write the story that despite the calls for change, a lot of incumbents will be re-elected.

He managed to keep on writing despite his drinking.

The man is a genius and I hope he can continue writing for a long time despite his illness.

He continued to write journalism despite the success of his career as a novelist.

He gave up writing altogether despite his obvious talent and the novel was never completed.