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

Father Ariel is no longer at the parish — I don’t know many of the priests there anymore, my connection to the parish steadily eroded by distance, time and sheer obstinance on my part.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 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

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