intransigent

Example Sentences

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He frequently talked about his year at the Cotulla school, whether in conversation with liberal activists, when lobbying intransigent legislators to support his civil rights bills or in private conversations with friends and family.

From Salon

Mr. Khalilzad has been on a public-relations tour of sorts, sitting for numerous interviews in recent weeks to argue that he tried his best to broker peace despite vanishing leverage and an intransigent Afghan government.

From New York Times

So far China is proving most reluctant to commit to the 1.5 degree ceiling, while India is most intransigent in not pledging net zero emissions by 2050, one of the sources said.

From Reuters

He was formidable and intransigent, and the younger physicians backed down.

From Washington Post

In the novel’s most ludicrous scene, Moncrief forces an intransigent chimp to kiss his ring, a gold signet adorned with “a pair of intertwined snakes with tiny rubies for eyes.”

From Washington Post