obstinacy

In business, it’s rare to find obstinacy mixed with integrity, and I can’t help thinking that’s the formula behind the Grand’s success.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025

Brutal humor and obstinacy bind these malcontents together for almost 15 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025

In a 17-page order, Judge Chushcoff said the employee “demonstrated obstinacy in her search” that led the State Patrol to move to discipline her; however, Loftis said the employee “subsequently left our employ.”

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024

Even more shocking were Rubiales and the Spanish federation’s steadfast attacks on Hermoso in the aftermath and their obstinacy that he had done nothing wrong, going so far as to call Hermoso a liar.

From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2023

“Regardless, sir,” began Lanning, with a threatening obstinacy, “of whether you consider this matter serious or not, it will require only the meal I mentioned to end it.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

The play itself is full of the standard details and recognitions pf marriage: its conversational small change and domestic small changes, its emotional freezing and boiling points, male obstinacies and female whims.

From Time Magazine Archive

But with all his high spiritual aim, he was essentially human, and pleasantly conscious of his own failings and obstinacies.

From God's Good Man by Corelli, Marie

He had armed himself against all possible whims and obstinacies, and he wore the air of a carefully adjusted patience.

From Old Crow by Brown, Alice

He has been used to overcoming the obstinacies of Nature; the human obstinacies of his new task intrigue him.

From Out To Win The Story of America in France by Dawson, Coningsby

For some reason, she felt constrained to use one of her small obstinacies.

From Rose MacLeod by Brown, Alice