How to use "despite" in a sentence

Madeleine said, despite his efforts to speak quietly, began to tremble.

You mustn't forget, my children, that, despite my money, I am one of the poor.'

Yes, I know her! And the thought is so strong that I smile despite the pain in the back of my head.

"No!" I cry out, and I push myself to my feet despite the pain in my head.

Bank manager receives two hundred and forty thousand pound salary despite bank failure." He stops and tries to turn to look at us, but Robin pulls the trigger back on the gun

Junior said that to walk there was stupid, because they had a car, and despite all of Owen's arguments, the teenager did not change his mind.

'Yes, a lot of hope, despite all this destruction

However, despite the danger, we could not prevent ourselves from going back to look again and again

The city we went through was dirty with the powder of the Black Smoke, despite two days of thunderstorms and rain.