persevering

Example Sentences

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Ms. Alexander, deservedly Oscar-nominated for the role, creates a grounded, subtle portrait of persevering motherhood, Carol’s husband never having returned from San Francisco and very likely dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

For this, we should look to King for hope and guidance on persevering amid adversity.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026

But, wrote Clough "something told me he was worth persevering with".

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

But she is persevering, inspired by club members who have excelled over the years and joined state teams or local leagues.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025

I thought about the young African women I’d met at the leadership forum, all of them now headed back to their own communities to pick up their work again, persevering through whatever tumult they faced.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama