persevering

Example Sentences

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Ms. Alexander, deservedly Oscar-nominated for the role, creates a grounded, subtle portrait of persevering motherhood, Carol’s husband never having returned from San Francisco and very likely dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

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

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026

But, wrote Clough "something told me he was worth persevering with".

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

She told the BBC her husband remains "strong and persevering" in a "tiny little room" behind six prison gates, but she was worried that he could be "harmed".

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024

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