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

Dona, when she once took an idea into her head, was the most obstinate person in the world.

From A Patriotic Schoolgirl by Salmon, Balliol

"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

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.