Sentence examples for had persistently from inspiring English sources

He had persistently criticised the government for stifling dissent.

Still, DiMaggio himself had persistently resisted writing a tell-all book.

Police investigating the case said that the mother had persistently covered up the abuse.

Ofcom said it believed that Barclaycard had "persistently misused an electronic communications network or services".

Brotherhood leaders had persistently said that the protest sites in Cairo would remain peaceful.

At the same time we have had persistently, eye-wateringly high numbers of British born people stuck on welfare.

On one side were countries — Austria, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands — whose currencies had persistently appreciated, both within Europe and worldwide; the countries on the other side — Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain — had persistently depreciating currencies.

Mikhail Kasyanov, the prime minister until February, had persistently held it up, one possible reason why Mr Putin fired him.

The US hedge fund argued that the group had persistently performed worse than other investment trusts, and also criticised Garrett-Cox's £1.34m pay package.

The Department of Trade inquiry into the takeover of Harrods in 1987 found that Mr Al Fayed had persistently lied about his wealth and origins.

By a peculiar twist of fate, the Japanese admiral who masterminded the attack had persistently warned his government not to fight the United States.