Sentence examples for in a stubborn from inspiring English sources

WASHINGTON — Politicians like nothing more than a convenient foil, and Democrats locked in a stubborn impasse with Republicans over new rules to govern Wall Street believe they have found a gold-plated one in Goldman Sachs.

Mired in a stubborn civil war, the Syrian president may be playing for time.

He just held on in a stubborn display of strength until the other kid gave up.

Several of those attending can sometimes seem pious; but in a stubborn, deeply English way, many are rather magnificent.

The Apuans never lost their warrior reputation, as entrenched German soldiers discovered after they dug into the mountains in a stubborn retreat.

As in a stubborn coal mine fire, the combustion taking place deep below the surface is in many places not a fire at all.

In 2001, through Mellen Poetry Press, he finally published his first book of poems, titled "A Stubborn Pine in a Stiff Wind".

The former Philadelphia police officer (or at least it seems like this takes place after Mike's law enforcement days), is working at a toll booth and has a bit of a run-in with a stubborn Saul.

In 2005, a stubborn and debilitating disease called huanglongbing, or citrus greening, was discovered in Florida groves.

They recognized in him a stubborn naysayer, a noncollaborator; but dumb insolence was not a criminal offense.

It's the kind of old-fashioned drama in which a stubborn father, Bendet (Amir Darvish), yells at a young man: "I won't give you my daughter".