pertinaciously
Example Sentences
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“Miss Eyre, I repeat it, you can leave me. How often am I to say the same thing? Why do you remain pertinaciously perched on my knee, when I have given you notice to quit?”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Here at Padua is the principal Professor of Philosophy, whom I have repeatedly and urgently requested to look at the moon and planets through my glass, which he pertinaciously refuses to do.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
"Then he's alive," said Clarence pertinaciously, and looking at her.
From The Mandarin's Fan by Fergus Hume
He repeated the fact to himself pertinaciously, but without any great feeling either of conviction or resentment.
From A Safety Match by Ian Hay
She praised me much, defended me pertinaciously, and, right or wrong, embraced my opinions.
From Discipline by Mary Brunton
