stubbornness

Example Sentences

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The administration’s stubbornness in this instance eventually pushed the question of Abrego Garcia’s deportation to the Supreme Court, when the justices upheld an order that required the government to facilitate his return to the U.S.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

That stubbornness - the sense of not quite fitting in - was shaped early in life.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” casts Minneapolis as progressive and neighborly, a bustling metropolis located between stereotypical Midwestern patriarchal stubbornness and a feminist future.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

But it will demand a stubbornness from creators and dedication from consumers that the current moment is designed to strip from us.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

But what was it about the stubbornness of hope, the need to believe in your own exceptionality, that these things happened to other people whose friends were not like yours?

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie