obstinance
Example Sentences
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His youthful obstinance was less amusing when it came to the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2024
Father Ariel is no longer at the parish — I don’t know many of the priests there anymore, my connection to the parish steadily eroded by distance, time and sheer obstinance on my part.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024
Her obstinance, becoming an unwed mother at a time when they were shunted elsewhere, creates a heap of trouble for her in a world nowhere ready for her mind, character or ambition.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2022
That confidence, which even some allies say sometimes borders on obstinance, has been a defining force in Biden’s political life and now his presidency.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
Yet in that glare I sometimes detected a flicker of approval, as if this streak of independence, this refusal to be shaped by him reflected his own obstinance.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
