obstinance
Example Sentences
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They did not do so, thanks to a time-honored Washington combination of obstinance, reticence, and cowardice.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025
Dictionaries commonly define it as purposeful adherence to an action or an obstinance to maintain a course regardless of the rules.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2022
Yet there’s enough of a gray area that it challenges even Blixen’s entitled obstinance.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2022
"Here are two people who love each other, who just can't cross a line in the sand because of their obstinance," he explained.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2022
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
