obstinate

Example Sentences

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Her critical “confidence . . . is thrillingly anachronistic: obstinate, sure, but warming, too.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

While the central meaning of all this has yet to be revealed, Seehorn’s performance of Carol’s obstinate loneliness is wrenchingly genuine to anyone who has ever felt alone in a sea of smiling strangers.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2025

"Depending what mood I was in, or what mood he was in, I would think of a word that he might have been that day, like obstinate," he laughed.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2024

She represented this neighborhood during her 16 years on the City Council, and has little patience for obstinate bureaucracy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024

A Horse, born in 1918, destined to be obstinate and frank to the point of tactlessness.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan