stubbornness
Example Sentences
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The writer John McPhee, who chronicled the alarmingly kinetic San Gabriels in his book “The Control of Nature,” marveled at the human stubbornness that keeps us here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
"Let me be clear that this is not about personal vanity, it is not about stubbornness, it is about a very deep sense of duty," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
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
“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
Sitting on Sahil’s chair, disappointed at my own idiotic stubbornness and so confused, too.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
