intransigent

Example Sentences

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It’s both a possibly sophisticated performance enhancer and the scourge of picky eaters, brand new to elite endurance athletes, but all too familiar to generations of intransigent five-year-olds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

But the Kandahar-based leadership has remained intransigent, and there has been no public breaking of ranks with the supreme leader’s diktats.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024

Decency and sanity demand that we address these catastrophes, however massive and intransigent.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2024

That stance is more intransigent than the one adopted by Saudi Arabia’s neighbor, the United Arab Emirates, another major oil and gas producer.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2023

“Can you imagine what I’m going through ?” General Dreedle could be as intransigent with anyone else when displeased as he was with Colonel Moodus.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller