pertinacity

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On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pertinacity, such as: bullheadedness, determination, doggedness, follow through, mulishness, and obstinance.

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How to use pertinacity in a sentence

  • Marlborough had formerly made himself conspicuous by the keenness and pertinacity with which he had attacked the Dutch.

  • And he kept it up all through the long vacation with a pertinacity I should never have given him credit for.

    The Romance of His Life | Mary Cholmondeley
  • The former still adhered, with fixed pertinacity of purpose, to the matrimonial arrangement which he had made with his son.

    The Kellys and the O'Kellys | Anthony Trollope
  • She, it may be remembered, sought for the precious remains with true pertinacity till she found them.

  • Their courage and pertinacity are unconquerable, and are often sublimed into the most inconceivable rage and fury.

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