obstinately
Example Sentences
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It’s a relatively interesting perspective to use in considering a monarch who remained obstinately inscrutable from her coronation in 1953 to her death in 2022, at 96.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
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
At C3, I obstinately ignore my fear of heights—and conception of myself as a noodle-armed weakling—as I pull myself up into the hoop, a 3-foot-wide metal ring suspended several feet above the ground.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 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
To all the stubborn parties obstinately concerned with this matter, it was The Principle of the Thing.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
