obstinately
Example Sentences
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President Furio Truzzi told The Associated Press, however, that despite the overall decreases, pasta prices are obstinately high in some cities and that the group was still considering targeted strikes later this summer.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
He had already struck aesthetic gold in the 1960s with his deadpan, Pop-inspired yet obstinately painterly portraits and his disarming painted cutouts.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2022
Still, the Haitians languished at Guantánamo for 18 months only to be paroled into the United States under the authority Bush and Clinton officials had so obstinately refused to exercise from the outset.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2021
A bass line repeats incessantly and obstinately for a dozen minutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2020
But I obstinately held on to our argument; I was right, and he was going to admit it.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
