tenacity

He was a hard worker, he was ethical … As a result of his tenacity and spirit, he was able to shepherd vitally important legislation to the Senate floor, through the House, and to the governor for signature.

His coaching philosophy was built on understanding his players, then finding the right blend of talent and tenacity to build a winning team.

So I think tenacity is one thing, but wearing them down is another.

Whatever the strategy, or lack of one, Musk’s drive for creative undertakings is relentless, and he seems to approach virtually everything in his life with the same level of tenacity, whether he’s right or wrong.

In the intervening months since the pandemic took hold, the industry has repeatedly demonstrated its tenacity.

Part of this tenacity, says McDaniel, seems born of his own struggle.

Kim approached her career with tenacity and sincerity; any sort of coolness, remove, or privacy was not a luxury she could afford.

Duran believe that patience and tenacity helped things progress this far and they will be required in order for continued success.

Sometimes this tenacity breaks its bounds, spilling into the primitive.

Harding attacked her routines with a resilience and tenacity that reflected her training and upbringing.

Afrikaners have always taken pride in their frontier-stock tenacity.

These varied experiences gave Taymor a vision for his own concept—and bolstered the tenacity required to pull it off.

That tenacity of the old institutions—what academics call the “deep state”—could pose risks for both candidates.

On the contrary, when he died in prison 21 years later, he was paid honors for his courage, tenacity, and pride.

Leadership skills, experience wisdom, courage, tenacity…You gotta have hope, you gotta have vision.

Gingrich did bring intellectual firepower to the race, as well as tenacity.

You at least have to give him full marks for resilience and tenacity.

She managed to escape that horror with tenacity, luck, and help to become, at 22, a voice for those who are still trapped.

How can one not pay tribute to the unheard-of tenacity he demonstrated during every stage of this war?

Weiner could do worse than look to their tenacity and achievements as he begins the long climb back.

Later Obama called with congratulations and put out a statement lauding her “tenacity, strength, and fighting spirit.”

She also noted that Chasen, known for her tenacity and passion, “was taking care of business as Ronni always was.”

This was a remarkable development, and an astonishing admission of defeat from a man famous for his tenacity.

Columbia Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, and New Line Cinema deserve some sort of recognition for sheer tenacity if nothing else.

What is so striking about the behavior of the Salahis is not the vulgarity of it all, it is the tenacity of that vulgarity.

He repairs to it with eagerness, and clings to it with a tenacity that time cannot relax, nor all the agonies of death dissolve.

From six in the evening till twelve next day the grenadiers fought with stubborn tenacity.

Besides, he was willing to admit that there were excuses for Cassidy, and there was a certain quiet tenacity in him.

Structural wrought iron has a tenacity of 20 to 22 tons per sq. in.

And he pursued his thought with the tenacity of the drunkard, who concentrates upon one idea all the lucidity of mind left to him.

In arguing points of law he had the tenacity of a bull-dog and the keenness of a sleuth-hound.

Grant's prudence in securing Washington was as marked as his tenacity of purpose to push on towards Richmond.

He fights with more than feudal faithfulness and with undiverted tenacity.

The germs tenacity of life does not avail against its action as germicide.

He thought he knew—and he wondered at the strange tenacity of this emotion which Mills could not shake off.

An indomitable tenacity, and the endurance of rock, reposed in these gentle spirits.

The King of the Cats put his claws into the crevices of a standing stone and held to it with great tenacity.

The tenacity of life exhibited by the bacteria is extremely great.

Each won admiration of the other's tenacity, all the more determined to sap or split it.

The world was saved from this danger by the tenacity with which the old religion still held its power.

But lies and hesitation were no sooner put aside than the Queen's vigour and tenacity came fairly into play.

Oil is a liquid inflammable substance, of great tenacity, disposed to pour in a stream rather than in drops.

Lead is a metal of a bluish tinge, of no great tenacity, but very considerable specific gravity, being heavier than silver.

Gold has the greatest ductility, and in wires of equal diameters, it has the greatest tenacity, of all the metals.

She was followed by her kinsfolk, but clung with such tenacity to the altar, that they were compelled to leave her.