Obstinacy

Miss Wang has a trace of obstinacy in her, but she is still a good student.

It was not until worn out by the obstinacy of the anchoret that he consented to put the state and condition of his mistress to a certain trial.

There was a certain obstinacy in his voice.

No coaxing could induce them to advance, and the application of the whip only seemed to exasperate their obstinacy.

The obstinacy of sisters-in-law.

He finished only through a mixture of determined obstinacy and ingenuity.

"I don't know where," replied the girl. "Then I do," said Sikes, more in the spirit of obstinacy than because he had any real objection.

1877, Leo Tolstoy (author), David Magarshack (translator), Anna Karenina, part 6, ch 12, His hand closed, he drew back, and his face assumed a still more stubborn expression. "For you it's a matter of obstinacy," she said, looking intently at him and suddenly finding the right word for the expression of his face which exasperated her so much.