pertinacious

Example Sentences

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It proved to be an extreme endurance test, and so it figures that James, the pertinacious King of the league, would carry the Los Angeles Lakers past all of the obstacles.

From Washington Post

Despite this, the pertinacious ranger does possess the precious commodity of self-knowledge.

From Los Angeles Times

Second, we are an ingenious, resourceful and pertinacious species.

From US News

The pertinacious meme that we would somehow benefit from eating more saturated fat, and thus its principal sources – meat, butter, cheese – is a product of misinterpretations of sequential answers to a series of dubious questions.

From US News

The museum’s functionaries—from floor-polishing janitors to pertinacious scholars and fantastically skilled restorers—emerge as the film’s heroes.

From The New Yorker