tenaciousness

Example Sentences

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That kind of tenaciousness seems to be a signature trait for the performer whose birth name is Danupha Khanatheerakul.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025

“That hasn’t changed. I’ll try to use my speed and tenaciousness and bring my work ethic. Try to get around the net.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2024

Oshie’s health is crucial for the Capitals, who benefit greatly from his tenaciousness on pucks, the stability he brings to the lineup and his locker room presence.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022

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

This is accompanied by a mechanical tenaciousness of whatever we possess, by a distrust and a sense of fallacious hollowness in all we see.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest