obstinate person

Example Sentences

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But he added, he is "a pretty obstinate person".

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2024

Then again, he had always been a pretty obstinate person, so this wasn’t a big change in their relationship.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 1, 2018

For that she sometimes hated him—since no one detests stubbornness so much as an obstinate person.

From The Lookout Man by Bower, B. M.

"I am not giving up—on the contrary, I am only beginning to fight," I assured her, paraphrasing General Grant, or some other obstinate person.

From The Shadow World by Garland, Hamlin

"I'll call Cousin Ruth, Jack, you are the most obstinate person in the world!"

From The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series by Vandercook, Margaret