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

A similar stubbornness, Ms. Trethewey suggests, can be traced in nearly all of her daughters: “Rebel against her as they might, they were always very much Sydney’s children.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 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

Felicia could be very stubborn, too, but she had a gift that offset her stubbornness, a gift I admired very much.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García