Thesaurus / obstinate

obstinate

How to use obstinate in a sentence

Those who may have been obstinate about the vaccines when called by a pollster seem to have been a bit more flexible when called by their bosses.

In Illinois, one parent was so obstinate in her refusal to properly wear her mask, she was arrested and banned from school grounds.

While some people may face legitimate obstacles, others are just obstinate.

Her call was greeted with skepticism by some who see unions as having been overly cautious or outright obstinate.

In practice, though, it’s a mechanism that allows a lone obstinate voice to deny the majority the ability to govern.

The battle was for a long time maintained by both armies with obstinate energy.

Now this is what we call a "pursuit of knowledge under difficulties" of the most obstinate kind.

Obstinate as he was, the girl's frank honesty conquered the angry old man.

They are sometimes obstinate and are desperate fighters, squealing and neighing on all occasions.

The men in charge of the boat were slow and obstinate, and consequently it took a long time for all to get across the river.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985