tenacity
Example Sentences
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What it lacks in explosivity and pacing, “The Complex” at times compensates for in tension, tenderness and tenacity.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
In the past decade Petrou also began channeling her professional talents and tenacity into a more-personal mission.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
It’s impossible to watch “All the President’s Men” and not feel inspired by Woodward and Bernstein’s tenacity.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026
During the summer of 2018, when Stormy was still a nestling, “an adult male intruder showed up to the nest and with great tenacity, refused to leave,” wrote Friends of Big Bear Valley.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
She had evoked the town idealized by nostalgia with such strong tenacity that Gaston understood that she would not get married unless he took her to live in Macondo.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing tenacity
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