Sentence examples similar to I merely persisted from inspiring English sources

This does not suit Murray, so it makes me wonder if he has merely "persisted".

I plod, I ponder, some days I simply persist.

Mulhall, who tends to pursue this way of characterizing Dasein, develops the idea by explaining that while inanimate objects merely persist through time and while plants and non-human animals have their lives determined entirely by the demands of survival and reproduction, human beings lead their lives (Mulhall 2005, 15).

Pompous sod, I thought, so I persisted.

I persisted but I was easily discouraged.

But I persisted.

But I persisted, heroically.

But I persisted in my optimism.

I persisted and I survived.

"I cannot stress enough how much I persisted," he laughs.

And I have persisted.