Sentence examples for be obdurate from inspiring English sources
adjective
Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
The raw material might be obdurate, but Singh makes the very best of it.
Against a tiring attack, however, Nicholson and Ormond were prepared to be obdurate.
He liked political debate, and could be obdurate, but was the kindest and most generous person, compassionate and quick-witted.
New Englanders can be obdurate about change, Mr. Hale said, but after studying the magazine's first extensive market surveys, he realized they have no patience for boredom either.
Sagittarius 22 Nov-21 Dec Work issues may be obdurate, but there will be a chance to duck out of the same-old same-old, if only on a short-term basis.
If Pakistan seems ready to be obdurate about the Taliban, it could be because it believes that the United States, on this score, is hardly in a position to condemn Pakistan.
"The lawyer alone is obdurate," Münsterberg wrote.
According to Gibbons, Anderson is "obdurate.
But the past, the novel repeatedly reminds us, is obdurate.
His team-mates were obdurate opponents in every respect.
If Iran is obdurate, each set of sanctions leads to the next.
