Sentence examples for persistent strain from inspiring English sources

"He was an independent Radical by principle, with a persistent strain of innate conservatism".

There has been a persistent strain of Francophilia in British railway enthusiasm.

But there is a persistent strain of pop songs about haves, have-nots, and the distance between them.

"One of the things that still intrigues me is the persistent strain of northern camp," Medhurst ponders.

Still, the persistent strain of A-cup pride running through our culture is unmistakable.

Many books and films about Vietnam have been unable to suppress a persistent strain of fear and loathing for the place.

When classifying strains according to persistence or presumed non-persistence, persistent strains produced more biofilm than presumed non-persisting strains.

Her slumber might have been deep and dreamless, were it not for the persistent strains of Jerusalem chorusing over and over from the direction of the party wall.

Laboratory tests show that the drug is effective against persistent strains of the Staphylococcus bacterium and is able to cure laboratory mice of the same kind of chronic bacterial infections that have killed hospital patients.

By turns psych-folk, pop, jazz and R&B, with persistent strains of calypso and steel drums, they build a song cycle that tells of the particular joys and hopelessness of island life, its tragedies and disappointments, a yearning for better, and a great heartfelt longing for a sweetheart named Patricia.

Also in this comparison, the persistent strains displayed a higher OD595 than the presumed non-persistent strains (mean OD595 1.01 vs 0.69, Students' t test, p = 0.05).