Sentence examples for perseverate from inspiring English sources
The word "perseverate" is usable in written English and is well written
It can be used when describing the act of persisting or continuing an action or thought, often in a repetitive manner. Example: "Despite the challenges, she chose to perseverate in her efforts to complete the project." Alternatives include "persist" or "continue."
verb
To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended.
(When people are left alone, such as those subjects forced to sit by themselves, they tend to perseverate on their problems. Unfortunately, all this focus backfires).
"All right, what?" "You perseverate".
Something was very wrong and I scrambled for a graceful way to stop speaking before I started to perseverate like some crazy woman on a psychiatric ward.
In part, this was because I, like many autistics, tend to perseverate about the things that intensely fascinate me and, at that moment, there was nothing more fascinating to me than discovering that there was an explanation for all of my sensory sensitivities, social issues, repetitive behaviors and obsessive interests.
Stephen D'Agostino New York, Sept. 2, 2007 To the Editor: We perseverate over the dead of 9/11 because we have no accomplishment to provide closure to the event.
During another, he announces, "I perseverate".
David opened his mouth to tell the story, then couldn't remember whether he'd already told it and didn't want to be scolded for perseverating.
Anyway, tell your daughter to forget about perseverating over standardized testing.
"It's ruminating and perseverating.
Baker perseverates on ideas in her songs, digging into open wounds in verbal loops.
So you get people perseverating on things, and if you sit down at a computer terminal you can go for hours and hours".
