perseverance
Example Sentences
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"All my perseverance at this golf course over the years has started to pay off."
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
"There were 15 pages of comments and five different rounds of reviews. She had the patience and perseverance, and the paper turned out magnificently."
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
And for all its heavy-handed writing and mystifying character flourishes, “Tow” manages to be mostly an effective, if silly, story of perseverance, thanks almost entirely to Byrne’s dogged performance.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
“Stand” is an exploration of 10 virtues—“agency, vulnerability, patriotism, truth, humility, community, creativity, perseverance, grace, and vision.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
But he kept pushing the stuff into his mouth with the dogged perseverance of a long-distance runner who has sighted the finishing-line and knows he must keep going.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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This Week in Words: March 16–22, 2019
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