obduracy
Example Sentences
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She has good qualifications: a strong physique, single-mindedness, obduracy.
From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023
Audacious, imaginative and moving, Mantell’s play dramatizes the historical obduracy of anti-Semitism, as well as the frustration of women trapped within patriarchal structures that leave them little freedom of movement or choice.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2018
In turn, this is why Mr Bolton’s ideological obduracy looks less risky than welcome.
From Economist • May 31, 2018
Some, including John Redwood, a former cabinet minister, have argued that a show of obduracy in negotiations invariably prompts Brussels to give way.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2018
Sensing, but not fully understanding, C.P.’s obduracy, they gave in.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
