perseverance
Example Sentences
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"All my perseverance at this golf course over the years has started to pay off."
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
"There were 15 pages of comments and five different rounds of reviews. She had the patience and perseverance, and the paper turned out magnificently."
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
And for all its heavy-handed writing and mystifying character flourishes, “Tow” manages to be mostly an effective, if silly, story of perseverance, thanks almost entirely to Byrne’s dogged performance.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
From the day I regained consciousness, I realized I had only three alternatives: death, depression or perseverance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
I suggested to his friends and family that Walter's strength, resistance, and perseverance were a triumph worth celebrating, an accomplishment to be remembered.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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