doggedness

Example Sentences

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But, just as Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest discovered here in August, United retain some of the old doggedness from the Sir Alex Ferguson days.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2023

Thompson’s affability, he added, could disguise his intelligence and his street-fighter doggedness.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023

Those numbers could be gathered in any number of means, each of which was in its own way a test of your resourcefulness, doggedness and the trust you’d earned.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023

Often underestimated by his opponents and sometimes by his supporters, Sanchez gained a reputation for doggedness when, as opposition leader in 2016, he stuck to his "no means no" mantra against enabling a conservative government.

From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2023

Or imagine a country where Renee’s doggedness is not the exception, but a cultural trait, embedded as deeply as the culture of honor in the Cumberland Plateau.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell