tenaciousness

Example Sentences

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That boost in perimeter shooting, combined with LSU’s usual tenaciousness around the basket on both ends, helped LSU become the first team this season to score more than 73 points against Tennessee.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2022

A similar outreach campaign, combining compelling language and imagery, would better persuade people to choose coronavirus vaccination over the tenaciousness of hesitancy.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2021

Cronin drilled a defense-first mentality and a tenaciousness into players who were primarily focused on piling up points under predecessor Steve Alford.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2020

You sense Lucia’s tenaciousness coursing through Ms. Yende’s performance of the mad scene on her latest Sony recording, “Dreams”; even in the character’s delirium there is a chilling directness, even defiance, to her singing.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2018

Reivers with more than human tenaciousness had retained a glimmer of consciousness.

From The Snow-Burner by Oyen, Henry