Sentence examples for persisted among from inspiring English sources

Despite the new openness, divisions have persisted among the Ogoni.

Holder said that racial discrimination persisted among a small minority of law enforcement officers.

This sort of discrepancy persisted among respondents all the way into their 60s.

The report shows that divisions persisted among the remaining members of the diverse group.

Informal arrangements nevertheless persisted among those who were less well off, or who lived in less regulated societies.

The report said illiteracy persisted among women, particularly in less developed nations, and many children lacked access to basic education.

As anger against the Rev. Billy Graham persisted among Jewish groups, he again apologized for making anti-Jewish comments to President Richard M. Nixon.

It persisted among those working at the recovery site and among those who were only trying to help recover each other.

Doubts persisted among the unionized white workers in states like Pennsylvania and Ohio, which Mr. Obama had lost during the primaries.

Even stranger than the choice of Jefferson over Hamilton among liberals was the way the same preference long persisted among those who saw themselves as radicals.

A myth has long persisted among scholars that the schoolgirl rugs were used on top of carpets as protection from fireplace sparks.