tenaciousness

Example Sentences

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Oshie’s health is crucial for the Capitals, who benefit greatly from his tenaciousness on pucks, the stability he brings to the lineup and his locker room presence.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022

That boost in perimeter shooting, combined with LSU’s usual tenaciousness around the basket on both ends, helped LSU become the first team this season to score more than 73 points against Tennessee.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2022

The Bruins looked out of sorts on offense until a desperate late-game push, nobody supporting Tyger Campbell’s tenaciousness or Johnny Juzang’s scoring.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2021

You sense Lucia’s tenaciousness coursing through Ms. Yende’s performance of the mad scene on her latest Sony recording, “Dreams”; even in the character’s delirium there is a chilling directness, even defiance, to her singing.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2018

And were it observed that either party set up unjustifiable pretensions, perhaps the other might be right in opposing them by a tenaciousness of his own rigorous rights.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson