Sentence examples for persistent trait from inspiring English sources

A more persistent trait of Mr. Bush's responses was his tendency to talk about foreign policy in the most general, well-worn terms.

A persistent trait of contemporary Latin American fiction has been the presence in it of a curious strain of fantasy: thus in a story by Julio Cortázar a young man coolly vomits up little rabbits.

Many American officers, year in and year out, describe a persistent trait visible to anyone who visits almost any line unit for an extended time.

Within hours, though, he seemed to retract that statement, too.The confusion highlights a persistent trait: neither ally nor enemy quite believes his words.

We aimed to determine whether HPA-axis (hyper)activity in recurrent MDD is: (I) reflecting a persistent trait; (II) influenced by depressive state; (III) associated with stress or previous episodes; (IV) associated with recurrence; and (V) influenced by cognitive therapy.

Insomnia thus may represent in many a persistent trait that can be ameliorated somewhat by treatment.

Friends and former colleagues describe Ms. Goodman as ferocious and persistent, traits that have not changed since the program's inception in 1996 on five Pacifica Radio stations.

So the avatars, called rigs, are extremely varied in both looks and abilities, and customisable in terms of persistent traits – there's your standard heavies and assassin-type options, but also the "FTL", a character using experimental weaponry, and the "Synaptic", a robot soldier that can shift its posture to run at pace on all fours.

This is however mainly a problem for cross-sectional screening for ADHD, since in clinical practice the diagnosis is based on eliciting a history of ADHD symptoms that start in childhood or early adolescence and are persistent (trait-like) and impairing over time and can therefore be differentiated from adult onset disorders.

The prevalence of hyperkinetic disorder (HKD) in school-aged children in the UK, characterised by the persistent traits of severe and pervasive inattentiveness, overactivity, and impulsiveness as defined by the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10) criteria [ 8], is estimated at 1.5% [ 9].

THE triangle is testament to a persistent American trait: forgetfulness.