obstinate
Example Sentences
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Even with me, though, she could become rather obstinate from time to time, especially when it came to eating the food that I put in front of her.
From Literature
The girl you last saw was angry and obstinate with nowhere to put her rage.
From Literature
As an evocation of a remarkable figure, by turns obstinate and unexpectedly endearing, Longford’s book remains unsurpassed.
Her critical “confidence . . . is thrillingly anachronistic: obstinate, sure, but warming, too.”
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
