obstinate
Example Sentences
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"Just an obstinate love of being on stage and performing," Banks answered.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
Her critical “confidence . . . is thrillingly anachronistic: obstinate, sure, but warming, too.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
While the central meaning of all this has yet to be revealed, Seehorn’s performance of Carol’s obstinate loneliness is wrenchingly genuine to anyone who has ever felt alone in a sea of smiling strangers.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025
She represented this neighborhood during her 16 years on the City Council, and has little patience for obstinate bureaucracy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024
Here and there, in Guillemot Street there would be an obstinate Kittiwake sitting on a projection and determined to have her rights.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Vocabulary lists containing obstinate
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 4
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