stubbornness

Example Sentences

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Stubbornness might be the single trait most predictive of a partner’s misery.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2021

Stubbornness might be a trait that many Premier League managers share but when your team are in danger of getting thrashed and thousands of fans are calling for your head, it sure looks stressful.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2021

Stubbornness, he warns, can come at a cost.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2019

Stubbornness and a self-confessed arrogance about her work helped Le Guin through her unpublished years.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2016

“I’m like Dad and like you. Stubbornness runs deep in Hillburns.”

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe