obstinance

Example Sentences

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They did not do so, thanks to a time-honored Washington combination of obstinance, reticence, and cowardice.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

Yet there’s enough of a gray area that it challenges even Blixen’s entitled obstinance.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2022

"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

That confidence, which even some allies say sometimes borders on obstinance, has been a defining force in Biden’s political life and now his presidency.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2021

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