Sentence examples for i persist from inspiring English sources

"Why did I persist?

"For how long?" I persist.

I persist in believing they were right.

"Had you actually burned anything?" I persist.

I scarcely know why I persist at all.

"Did it make you hate God?" I persist.

I persist in turning it back to face the sea.

I can't tell if he's listening, but I persist.

Why do I persist in keeping this book on my bedside table?

Does that, I persist, mean the Theatre Royal, Haymarket or a converted garage in Willesden?

"I persist in the stupid belief that someday he will need me," Ms. Ruehl's Kahlo says.