Sentence examples for have always persisted from inspiring English sources

But the Hugheses -- Frieda; her brother, Nicholas, now 41 and a marine biologist in Alaska; their aunt, Olwyn, and, before his death, their father, Ted -- have always persisted in believing that Sylvia's story belonged to them, when in fact it has long since passed into mythology.

"The scandal that has always persisted is that people get away with it".

Phones have evolved immensely throughout the years, but the same problem has always persisted: wasted time and frustration when you can't get a hold of your contact".

One trait that has always persisted is that Molina is an aggressive and free-swinging – but high-contact – hitter.

While a preoccupation with folklore has always persisted one way or another (everyday examples include singing happy birthday, wetting a baby's head after a birth and the name of your local pub, if it's been there long enough), there has been a more conscious resurgence in interest in recent years.

Most of the time, he points out, the simple sunk cost of the irrationality helps it persist: we have always believed this, and to un-believe it is to lose our faith in ourselves.

There have always been compelling reasons for a builder to persist in White Plains despite the earlier economic problems that plagued the city and its alleged reputation for being against development, Mr. Cappelli said.

This simplistic attitude persists because the odds have always been stacked against bushmeat: it fits too neatly within the West's self-righteous worldview.

"Now it is on record what I have always said: I have never taken nor received any bribes... the people who attack me now know this is the case but still they persist.

They even watched a few of their own go over the side, but they always persisted.

This has always been how Chilean workers have endured and persisted in the face of tremendous challenges.