doggedness
Example Sentences
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His doggedness would be almost admirable, if “We Will Dance Again” wasn’t so lazy.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
But sheer determination and doggedness were not enough to stop Swiatek or Krejcikova when it mattered.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2024
Those numbers could be gathered in any number of means, each of which was in its own way a test of your resourcefulness, doggedness and the trust you’d earned.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
Often underestimated by his opponents and sometimes by his supporters, Sanchez gained a reputation for doggedness when, as opposition leader in 2016, he stuck to his "no means no" mantra against enabling a conservative government.
From Reuters ● Jul. 6, 2023
I did well in school not so much through cleverness as through doggedness.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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