pig-headed

Example Sentences

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Maas succeeded where more than 99% failed by being smart, sometimes pig-headed and, in the end, lucky.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

General Secretary Mick Cash said: "The wholesale cancellation of services is entirely down to ScotRail‎ and their pig-headed refusal to treat their conductors with the equity and fairness that they deserve."

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2021

And we should embrace that pig-headed unwillingness to give up, even when it seems like giving up is the only option.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2020

So begins the first line of dialogue in the comic, placed in a thought bubble above the head of a pig-headed, midget-bodied figure in a Spider-Man costume.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2018

A strongly-marked trait in Owen's character was what Mrs. Hadlow, being hotly provoked by some manifestation of it, had once designated as "pig-headed modesty!"

From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor