Sentence examples for Had persisted from inspiring English sources

"Any answer?" the doctor had persisted.

But the habits of the old regime had persisted.

Rumours had persisted about Bowie's health, and many assumed he would never make another record.

What would he have done if the child's mother had persisted?

He added that, in Lacey's case, results had persisted for nearly six years.

So Lisette had persisted in asking her mother, Was it Daddy she was going away with?

Köhler found that the groups persisted longer than their weakest members had persisted as individuals.

Along the border, Kansans and Missourians had persisted in the animosities of the pre-war period.

It had persisted for weeks and woke her patient up from sleep -- that was unusual.

It was inexplicable and the hard evidence, perhaps, why Rodgers had persisted for so long with Mignolet.

The Ministry of Culture had pressed Álvarez to stop meeting the Mashco, but he had persisted, bringing them bananas.