Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for persevere. Search instead for perseve.
Definitions

persevere

[pur-suh-veer] / ˌpɜr səˈvɪər /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

“I think the market can persevere and ultimately move higher — and the bull market can continue,” Schulze said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 20, 2026

But the rewards for those who persevere are as rich as the imperial economy that once furnished bountiful goods to the Romano-British gentleman.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Driving around town, looking at the lots and the wreckage, Cooley says he started to notice the bits of nature that were trying to persevere.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

You've got to work hard and do it yourself and persevere at the end of the day, and if you keep working hard it will pay off.

From BBC Apr. 11, 2026

We would persevere and make a name for ourselves, and I would go to school, an English school where Jews were able to learn right beside gentiles.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

But he perseveres in the hope of striking it rich.

From BBC Dec. 9, 2025

It was an appropriate ending for the Carson, Calif., product who continues to be tested — and repeatedly perseveres.

From Seattle Times Jan. 2, 2024

For now, I will continue using Saboun Nabulsi as this ancient tradition perseveres.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2023

As the year-old war continues, a major factor in who perseveres is which side has enough ammunition and troops.

From New York Times Mar. 16, 2023

The beautiful natural world of the Philippines perseveres, despite everything.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

And who better to teach a down-and-out lawyer about courage and gumption than a coyote who has persevered in the face of certain failure?

From Salon Aug. 30, 2026

But she persevered, and during her 16 years in New York became a prominent name in the avant-garde world.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

“They persevered and were made beautiful by the vitrification.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

He’d recently been nervous about starting a new activity, but he’d persevered, and so I said to him, “I’m proud of how well you dealt with that challenge.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

For forty years they have persevered and spread God’s word.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

"The work you do in there isn't easy -- the dust, the smell of dead people who are already decomposing. But here we are, persevering," he said.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

For this, we should look to King for hope and guidance on persevering amid adversity.

From Salon Jan. 19, 2026

As it happens, Mr. Fox has found enough staunchly persevering or recently revived craft workshops to buoy his spirits—and ours.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

To Morales, persevering through that long, painful history is what makes the agreement so significant: The tribe is “basically on the map now.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2025

He’d had a cordial, lonely, persevering face, and Ishmael turned now to stare into it, for there was a portrait of Arthur hung on the wall just to the left of a bookcase.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




Vocabulary lists containing persevere


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training