Sentence examples for persistent popular from inspiring English sources
One of the most persistent popular misconceptions about chess is that, being a largely cerebral activity, the game permits of little more in the way of emotional experience than the kind of nervousness with which we might approach a mathematics exam.
It sinks no hooks in you other than the melody of Oxygène 4 - the most persistent earworm in popular music.
From the 1950s onwards the threat automation posed to human labour became a persistent theme in popular science fiction [26,1].
SARAH McLACHLAN, Afterglow (Arista) Despite the persistent assumption that most popular music is consumed by young men, global markets are often dominated by what could perhaps be described as nice lady-music.
The response to Rodman's trip also seems connected to a larger, more troubling phenomenon, which is the persistent strain in the popular imagination that there is something simply funny about North Korea itself.
A lack of understanding of the difference between predation (of other species) and aggression (towards our own species) has led to the popular and persistent image of humans as "killer apes".
The ads inspired by "A Christmas Story" are another example of the persistent interplay between advertising and popular culture.
Drinking and gambling have long been important aspects of Australian popular culture, despite persistent government attempts to regulate and limit them.
On the "pagan" side, there were persistent attempts to justify the popular cults and myths by the extensive use of allegory a technique well adapted to the synthesis of philosophical and popular religion.
In fact, nearly all the rings from the past 10 years are on a jumbo scale and thick with diamonds — the seemingly inexorable outcome of persistent one-upmanship, compounded by popular taste ratcheted higher by celebrities like Jay-Z and Diddy.
Acupuncture, another increasingly popular treatment for persistent as well as intermittent pain, is thought to work by increasing the release of endorphins, chemicals that block pain signals from reaching the brain.
