obstinance
Example Sentences
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His youthful obstinance was less amusing when it came to the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2024
An attorney told the three-judge panel that the state’s obstinance should not be rewarded.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
And they wouldn’t behave now with collective obstinance to Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson’s reported demand for a fully guaranteed contract.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2023
"Here are two people who love each other, who just can't cross a line in the sand because of their obstinance," he explained.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2022
Yet in that glare I sometimes detected a flicker of approval, as if this streak of independence, this refusal to be shaped by him reflected his own obstinance.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
