mulishness
Example Sentences
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The sulky mulishness of many a Great American Man has long been kept decorously half-secret with the invocation of code words like uncompromising and choleric.
From Slate ● Dec. 21, 2018
According to Ms. Rubin’s research, Questioners have other charming weaknesses in addition to a certain mulishness about deadlines.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2017
We then bemoan their mulishness and sly ways, as they avoid the stick and do backroom deals with the carrot-holder.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2017
He is the laureate of bridling, and “Indignation,” published in 2008, is as much a study in mulishness as “Portnoy’s Complaint,” from 1969.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 22, 2016
His persistence in the face of mulishness was astounding.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
