Sentence examples for obstinately trying from inspiring English sources

You could say we are obstinately trying to be old-fashioned".

George III is often accused of obstinately trying to keep Great Britain at war with the revolutionaries in America, despite the opinions of his own ministers.

After the failure of his first two attempts to turn the Germans' western flank (one on the Somme, the other near Arras), Joffre obstinately decided to try again yet farther north with the BEF which in any case was being moved northward from the Aisne.

It is girls frantically trying to convince others that they aren't like other girls, because they are laid-back, drama-free; girls obstinately insisting that they are different, because they aren't catty or fickle or vapid.

"His is not the voice from ahead saying the trail is not safe; his is the voice obstinately staying behind saying, 'Let's not even try,'" the letter continues.

Obstinately, many continue to look at the rosy little picture that shows a social justice process that tries to justify the intolerance that goes along with its achievements -- already badly deteriorated -- in health and education.

DSW provides giant shopping bags to customers, who load them up with prospective purchases before sitting down to try on the goods on one of the (scarce) benches, curiously positioned in places that are obstinately in the way of foot traffic.

But for 10 years now, the Malekutu Cricket Academy (MCA) has been obstinately pursuing its dream, of helping to transform the sport from an elite, and still largely white-dominated, affair into something every South African child has the opportunity to try out.

In the article, the authors attempt to defend the core statements Lansing has obstinately repeated over the past 20 years and to knock out all counter arguments.

Or obstinately incurious cooks?

But time, obstinately, does not stand still.