pig-headed

Example Sentences

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“You have to adjust. Don’t be pig-headed and say we’re just going to keep doing X, Y and Z because it was good for us with the group a year ago or two years ago.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2021

Even a stubborn, pig-headed jackass like Mr. Henderson acknowledges that Magaro and Orion Lee have great chemistry together.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2020

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

When there are that many pig-headed fellas trying to win something that desperately, definitively picking a winner becomes a little bit tricky.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2015

Well, young sir, my alternative plan is to find somebody with more common sense and good judgment than your rattle-pated, pig-headed self!

From In the Onyx Lobby by Wells, Carolyn