Thesaurus / adamant
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
I was adamant about staying active as much as my body could endure.
THE ANATOMY OF A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR: ‘EARLY DETECTION SAVED MY LIFE’CHARLI PENNOCTOBER 6, 2020ESSENCE.COM
Barbara Bry, his opponent in the race, also a Democrat, was more adamant.
SAN DIEGO DEMOCRATS STRUGGLE WITH PROPOSITION 15SCOTT LEWISOCTOBER 5, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
FDA regulators are adamant that a vaccine will not be approved until it is demonstrated to be safe and effective.
WHY IT’S STILL UNLIKELY WE’LL HAVE A COVID-19 VACCINE BEFORE ELECTION DAYUMAIR IRFANSEPTEMBER 30, 2020VOX
Gordon points out that selectively cutting one out of three old growth trees can be a good thing by opening up more light, but he’s adamant that clear-cutting should no longer be allowed in Alaska.
LOGGERS COULD SOON SLICE THROUGH ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FORESTS IN THE USBY BJORN DIHLE/ OUTDOOR LIFESEPTEMBER 30, 2020POPULAR SCIENCE
The Postal Service has been adamant that it can handle a nationwide increase in voting by mail in the general election.
POORLY PROTECTED POSTAL WORKERS ARE CATCHING COVID-19 BY THE THOUSANDS. IT’S ONE MORE THREAT TO VOTING BY MAIL.BY MARYAM JAMEEL AND RYAN MCCARTHYSEPTEMBER 18, 2020PROPUBLICA
For his part, Cameron was adamant that a Brexit referendum was just a matter of time.
THE PRIME MINISTER WHO CRIED BREXIT (EP. 392)STEPHEN J. DUBNEROCTOBER 10, 2019FREAKONOMICS
He was strong; his will was adamant as the blade of Trenchefer; to save those dear ones a single pang—what would he not suffer!
GOD WILLS IT!WILLIAM STEARNS DAVIS
Once he paused at the sealed door, and flung himself against it—adamant had scarce seemed firmer.
GOD WILLS IT!WILLIAM STEARNS DAVIS
And how I thanked my God for the adamant bulwarks of coral that protected my ark from the fury of the treacherous seas!
THE ADVENTURES OF LOUIS DE ROUGEMONTLOUIS DE ROUGEMONT
I went to General Kock and pleaded with him, but he was adamant.
MY REMINISCENCES OF THE ANGLO-BOER WARBEN VILJOEN.
WORDS RELATED TO ADAMANT
- adamant
- adamantine
- determined
- dogged
- dyed-in-the-wool
- firm
- fixed
- hard
- hard-and-fast
- immovable
- immutable
- implacable
- indomitable
- inexorable
- intractable
- invariable
- iron
- ironclad
- obdurate
- obstinate
- relentless
- resolute
- rigid
- rigorous
- set
- single-minded
- staunch
- steadfast
- steely
- stiff
- strict
- stringent
- unadaptable
- unalterable
- unbending
- unchangeable
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unrelenting
- unswayable
- unyielding
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mule
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbendable
- unbending
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
- adamant
- adamantine
- bound
- bound and determined
- compulsory
- dead set on
- dogged
- hard
- harsh
- hell bent on
- immobile
- immovable
- implacable
- ineluctable
- inescapable
- inflexible
- ironclad
- like death and taxes
- locked in
- mean business
- merciless
- necessary
- no going back
- obdurate
- obstinate
- relentless
- remorseless
- resolute
- rigid
- set in stone
- severe
- single-minded
- stubborn
- unappeasable
- unbending
- uncompromising
- unmovable
- unrelenting
- unyielding
- adamant
- adamantine
- determined
- dogged
- dyed-in-the-wool
- firm
- fixed
- hard
- hard-and-fast
- immovable
- immutable
- implacable
- indomitable
- inexorable
- intractable
- iron
- obdurate
- obstinate
- relentless
- resolute
- rigid
- rigorous
- set
- single-minded
- staunch
- steadfast
- steely
- stiff
- strict
- stringent
- unadaptable
- unbending
- unchangeable
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unrelenting
- unswayable
- unyielding
- adamant
- adamantine
- austere
- bullheaded
- changeless
- chiseled
- dead set
- definite
- determined
- exact
- firm
- fixed
- hard
- hard-line
- harsh
- incompliant
- inelastic
- inexorable
- inflexible
- intransigent
- invariable
- locked in
- obdurate
- rigorous
- set
- set in stone
- single-minded
- solid
- static
- stern
- strait-laced
- stringent
- tough nut to crack
- unalterable
- unbending
- unbreakable
- unchanging
- uncompromising
- undeviating
- unmoving
- unpermissive
- unrelenting
- unyielding
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