Obstinate

//ˈɑb.stə.nət//

"Obstinate" in a Sentence (14 examples)

You should reckon with his obstinate character.

He was too obstinate, but on the other hand he was reliable.

He became more obstinate as he grew older.

He is the most obstinate child I have ever seen.

He is obstinate in disposition.

He is obstinate in his opinion.

As he grew older, he became more obstinate.

You should reckon with her obstinate character.

She is an obstinate girl.

She is obstinate.

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From this consideration it is that we have derived the custom, in times of war, to punish […] those who are obstinate to defend a place that by the rules of war is not tenable […]

[…] the junior Osborne was quite as obstinate as the senior: when he wanted a thing, quite as firm in his resolution to get it; and quite as violent when angered, as his father in his most stern moments

1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part IV, Chapter XXIX, Now it happened that Kasturbai […] had again begun getting haemorrhage, and the malady seemed to be obstinate.

He had the same pile of curly hair, but he was clean-shaven with a heavy, obstinate jowl.

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