stubborn
Example Sentences
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"You are stubborner, Walt, than a load of bricks."
From Time Magazine Archive
And the more we demand, the stubborner he gets and the more he refuses to do what we say.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
For her, that meant interrogations—and she decided quickly to allow Bain to do the preliminary stages, concentrating her own attention on the stubborner subjects.
From The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel by Wilson, Ann
Hank was stubborner than any mule he ever nailed shoes onto, and proud of being that stubborn.
From Danny's Own Story by Marquis, Don
Mux, however, was possessed by a much stubborner spirit than this interesting mischief-devil.
From Roof and Meadow by Sharp, Dallas Lore
Vocabulary lists containing stubborn
The Cay
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"What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?" Vocabulary from the short story
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