tenaciousness

Example Sentences

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That kind of tenaciousness seems to be a signature trait for the performer whose birth name is Danupha Khanatheerakul.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025

“That hasn’t changed. I’ll try to use my speed and tenaciousness and bring my work ethic. Try to get around the net.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2024

A similar outreach campaign, combining compelling language and imagery, would better persuade people to choose coronavirus vaccination over the tenaciousness of hesitancy.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 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

The Ingoldsby derivation from St Gengulphus— "Sometimes styled 'The Living Jingo,' from the great tenaciousness of vitality exhibited by his severed members," is of course a joke.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest