stubborn
Example Sentences
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The results, published recently in Advanced Materials, represent a meaningful advance against one of the most stubborn pollution threats worldwide.
From Science Daily
Hudson encourages the audience to use Claire’s stubborn buoyancy and perky accent as a life raft when Lightning & Thunder are deluged by extremely bad luck.
From Los Angeles Times
"I think there's a general sense that he's stubborn, not particularly good at what he does," said Michaels.
From Barron's
He’s stubborn too, convinced the new generation are starry-eyed fools.
If there is to be a stubborn print holdout, it seems right that it is Merriam-Webster, which traces its lineage to Noah Webster’s “American Dictionary of the English Language” from 1828.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.