stubbornness

Example Sentences

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That stubbornness - the sense of not quite fitting in - was shaped early in life.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

MarketWatch: What’s the difference between discipline and stubbornness in both investing and spending?

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

Others included shamelessness, stubbornness and an elastic approach to bookkeeping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

His naïveté and intellectual stubbornness also led Lilla to believe, as late as 2016, that the Bushes and the Clintons would continue to be the dynasts of their respective parties.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

I see those evergreen trees and geometric boys and girls in a different light: evidence of her stubbornness, and not altogether despicable.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood