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

His father’s stubbornness paid off in court as the company was sued for its name.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 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

His stubbornness was something I recognized, something I’d inherited myself, though I hoped in a less abrasive form.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama