perseveringly
Example Sentences
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It is, writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty, a harmonizing with history that is “at once agonizingly harsh and perseveringly soulful.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2019
The bigger amazement is how they— and by extension we the audience — are able to harmonize with a history at once agonizingly harsh and perseveringly soulful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2019
But the old man sucked perseveringly at the bread between his toothless gums.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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It's the first time I have ever seen a crush at the Morgue; and they perseveringly made their way to the front.
From Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire by John Augustus O'Shea
He dabbed at it perseveringly with wet rags, and rubbed it vigorously, so that by one o'clock he was able to lace up his boot and go out.
From A Child of the Jago by Arthur Morrison