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
Heather O’Hara’s coyotes sit at a typewriter or carry a balloon, wearing everyday human clothing, while Brent Bonds’s bullheaded “Minitaurs” sport only men’s briefs.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2021
She had married a bullheaded man, a sometimes ridiculously stubborn man.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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