Sentence examples for have tenacious from inspiring English sources

Some species have tenacious rhizomes (underground stems) or stolons and are important soil binders.

Investor relations chief Jeff Evanson tried to intervene, claiming "that's all the time we have". Tenacious Sage pressed on.

They are young leaders and both have tenacious, outgoing and charming personalities.

"The fact that the child lived showed that he has tenacious vitality".

Even on wet pavement, the Darts I drove had tenacious grip.

The plant, apparently an immigrant from Asia, has tenacious roots that hold the soil, an advantage in preventing soil runoff.

Both had tenacious clients who took obvious pleasure bidding in unconventional increments — at one moment $100,000, at another $250,000 — so that the salesroom booed and hissed, applauded and laughed as Christopher Burge, the evening's auctioneer, deftly jollied the two along (although at times he showed his impatience).

The cigar has long had a tenacious hold on the business culture.

States and state regulators have been tenacious in protecting their registration authority from federal preemption.

Ancient ideas, especially those buried in the unvisited burial sites of words, have a tenacious afterlife.

It is true that they have been tenacious in hanging on to, and turning out, their traditional constituencies trade union voters, blacks, teachers and others.