stubborn

Example Sentences

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The hosts lacked the guile to unlock a stubborn defence once again in the second half - just a week after failing to find the back of the net against bottom of the table Wolves.

From BBC

But he added: "I'm very stubborn. I think I'm always right, but actually, flipping that on its head, it also meant that I was not going to give up."

From BBC

Rather, it’s that an institution as stubborn as the Oscars actually landed on a novel way to court viewers after so many years stuck in the past.

From Salon

No matter how much this city jades you, that hope of getting “discovered” is stubborn.

From Los Angeles Times

That stubborn approach may have protected the system from collapse.

From Barron's