Sentence examples for persist like from inspiring English sources
Yet the rumors persist, like niggling gnats.
A star can persist like this for 10 billion years.
Nobody could persist like that into old age and stay aloof from ridicule.
You don't hear the phrase "death panels" much any more, but variations of that fallacy persist, like sightings of Sasquatch.
And daunting obstacles persist, like battery life and driving-range limits, production costs and consumer-friendly pricing.
The makers of horror movies should understand this better than most, yet they persist, like dedicated mediums, in trying to raise the spirits of the dead.
The Second Avenue subway persisted, like a fungus.
During the last 17 years, Connecticut has seen lots of playwrights' sandboxes come and go, but none have persisted like the Theater Artists Workshop of Westport.
He said he had had better success with medications aimed specifically at individual symptoms that persisted, like pain, depression or chronic fatigue.
From its inception as an independent democracy, India has experienced different regional rebellions, some now quieted, others persisting, like those in Kashmir and in the country's northeast.
Despite its patent absurdity, the blood libel claim persisted like a virus for centuries and incited countless rounds of brutality against Jews in Europe.
