obstinance
Example Sentences
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If you, nevertheless, decide to tackle the job yourself, I suggest starting in a small room that can be sacrificed on the altar of obstinance.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 26, 2023
Initially, Pádraic’s obstinance is played for dark comedy but then gives way to a tragic melancholy that Farrell — one of his generation’s best actors — conveys with anger, confusion and deep sadness.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2022
Her obstinance, becoming an unwed mother at a time when they were shunted elsewhere, creates a heap of trouble for her in a world nowhere ready for her mind, character or ambition.
From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 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
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
