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

A mistake may prove costly or humiliating to an obstinate person who persists in his error, but, when he is right, such a person is pretty well qualified 203 to win over all opposition.

From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Standish, Burt L.

"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

I have given the lady my promise," said this obstinate person, "to answer not one word to any question that you may ask me about her.

From The Two Destinies by Collins, Wilkie