Sentence examples for persistent friend from inspiring English sources

But it still took a persistent friend to persuade me that my low moods, constant tiredness, poor appetite and inability to concentrate were all signs of the same thing and that I really did need to seek help.

A persistent friend demanded to see what Mr. McCourt was writing, then turned the pages over to a literary agent, Molly Friedrich, who submitted the incomplete manuscript to Scribner.

Round-faced and small in stature, with close-cropped white hair, Stang seemed sweet and provincial at first, but she was very clever and extremely persistent, friend and fellow nun Sister Rebecca Spires said.

I then had to hear "I told you so" more times than I care to remember from my persistent friends.

In fact, if it weren't for a few persistent Facebook friends with a disturbing fascination for big families, I might have been able to keep my head in the sand on this God-loving clan.

Despite persistent rumors that "Friends," television's biggest comedy, might still return for a new season, Mr. Wells said, "I really don't think that's going to happen".

But Ben was extremely persistent and her friends were encouraging.

My friend was persistent.

The only reason her endometriosis was finally diagnosed was due to my friend's persistent advocacy for herself.

So if you notice a persistent change, telling your friend that he or she has been acting kind of different lately can trigger the realization that it might actually be more than simply midterms.

He was interrupted in this conversation from time to time by persistent phone calls from friends and dealers (each one announced by a startling ring tone that was a recording of a cock crowing in the village he grew up in).