tenacious

Example Sentences

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OJ scored 19 and EJ added 17 as the Dolphins used tenacious defense, a three-point barrage and a relentless transition attack to overwhelm Cleveland, 75-56, at L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

Reportedly on the verge of signing Bournemouth's Ghana forward Antoine Semenyo, Guardiola could do with reinforcements in attack after his team were frustrated by Sunderland's tenacious performance.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

“We’ve got to be nimble, tenacious, and smart,” Dorothy asserts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

“Katie’s a very tenacious, self-assured individual,” recalled Jordan Ball, who was a senator for the opposition party.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

Nobody could have called it a specially happy kind—hut people are tenacious of life, and will go on living.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White