Persist

//pɚˈsɪst//

"Persist" in a Sentence (15 examples)

You should persist in your efforts to learn English.

The anthropologist says odd customs do persist in the region.

If you persist in bothering her like that, she'll lose her temper.

He intended to persist in his silence.

I persist in my popularity.

There is also one type of idealism that says even without strength or intelligence you can do anything if you can merely persist.

On the bottle it says that I should consult my doctor if symptoms persist.

Why persist in writing essays if one has not even mastered the art of writing succinct sentences?

We intend to persist.

Tom, I don't care what happens in the future, because as long as you persist and go through life with enthusiasm and ebullience, you will reap success.

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There is a way in which Britain is certain to have war and its horrors and calamities; it is this--by persisting in her present course of unpreparedness, her apathy, unintelligence, and blindness, and in her disregard of the warnings of the most ordinary political insight, as well as of the example of history.

Much of this prejudice, indeed, persists; for instance, in the heavy handicappings with which insurance companies saddle their West Indian policies, […]

Throughout the period, toothy giants persisted in the oceans. Perhaps the most spectacular was the megalodon shark.

This would not be saved after his session terminates because we don't have an actual user identity to allow us to persist the settings.

While hashtags aren't formally part of Twitter, some clients, such as Tweetdeck, will persist hashtags across replies to create a sort of message threading.

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