Sentence examples for a obdurate from inspiring English sources

His saving grace so far, though, has been a obdurate defence that has secured two goalless draws following a 4-0 defeat at Manchester City.

You won't hear American announcers call an "obdurate defense," a terrific pass a "rapier thrust" or a tying goal the "equalizer".

For their part, the Israeli left accused Peres of acting as a figleaf for an obdurate Likud administration.

Guinea threatened through youngster Alhassane Bangoura, Ibrahima Traore and Ismael Bangoura but could not find a way past an obdurate defence.

The first Manchester punk group, Buzzcocks, were represented by single sets from a charming Pete Shelley, a disruptive Howard Devoto and an obdurate Steve Diggle.

Despite all indications to the contrary (an obdurate narcissism, an insistent elusiveness), I conjured him to be the Perfect Lover.

Maybe good intentions were thwarted by deeper-seated inequalities, an obdurate party, an unyielding government machine or the unintended ravages of austerity.

A self-contradictory brief, an obdurate producer, talentless talent.

The Australian-born Nash built on a growing reputation as an obdurate middle-order grinder.

Josef Albers is represented by an obdurate blue rectangle, a poster for the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Even the players will put their hands together for a hard-fought century by an obdurate opponent or for any similar piece of cricketing endeavour.