obdurate

Example Sentences

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To the religious authorities in England in the early 16th century, an obdurate Oxford scholar became a public enemy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

During the New Deal, the most obdurate critics of Franklin Roosevelt’s policies were Democrats — Southern Democrats, to be sure, but his party members nonetheless — while among his most loyal supporters were liberal Republicans.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2024

Admittedly, with that preeminence has come changes that even an obdurate critic like me must hail.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2023

Jarry had never won a match at Roland Garros before this year, suffering three first-round exits, but the 6ft 6in South American proved a far more obdurate obstacle for Ruud than a straight-set defeat suggests.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2023

He sat writing up his records with the same obdurate patient thoroughness I had seen in a mad king up on a scaffolding mortaring a joint, and said, “When we reach Karhide....”

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin