Sentence examples for persisted in moving from inspiring English sources

For a while, Beauregard persisted in moving his troops for an attack on his right flank (McDowell's left, toward Centreville), but Johnston urged him to travel with him to the threatened flank at Henry House Hill, which was weakly defended.

But he persisted in making his point.

Adhesion of bacteria to the epithelial cells is believed to be an initial and pivotal event in the pathogenesis of most bacterial enteric infections and is necessary for allowing bacteria to survive and persist in a continuously moving environment and to defeat host defense mechanisms [ 6].

For all their worlds of woe, and for all the stupid, boneheaded moves they persist in making, the majors still matter.

Heavy rains persisted in the region well after Esther moved inland, resulting in high rainfall amounts.

Even though Wallace had been moved to the Commerce Department, he persisted in speaking out on foreign affairs.

Caldwell moved her son back to Columbus and persisted in trying to keep his career prospects alive.

But preparations moved haltingly, because serious opposition to the fateful decision persisted in the Central Committee.

I moved off to the side of the road slowly and predictably, but although I had stopped, the incandescent globes persisted in our rearview mirror.

Others persisted in new forms.

All their books persisted in our imaginations.