bullheaded

Example Sentences

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You’ll need bullheaded determination to excel in this week’s Slate News Quiz.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2025

Patterson should have died from a nasty superbug picked up in Egypt in 2015 — except Patterson is married to bullheaded epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2024

“This notion of bullheaded romantic persistence is a recurring cultural touchstone—countless movies, music and books celebrate the heroics of steadfast pursuit with admiration,” Valsthein says.

From Scientific American • Jul. 26, 2023

Feisty and bullheaded, his office walls covered with animal trophies and a 10-foot grizzly pelt, Young was a former riverboat captain willing to do anything to send money home to Alaska.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2022

"A smart boy, but stubborn. That helm ... the others call him bullheaded, so he threw it in their teeth."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin