obstinance

Example Sentences

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While the reasons behind why people forgo treatment are varied and often subjective, America’s cultural dismissal of therapy and general obstinance about prioritizing mental health gives credence to the intense backlash Biles faced post-Tokyo.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

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

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

Dictionaries commonly define it as purposeful adherence to an action or an obstinance to maintain a course regardless of the rules.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 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