Roth's persistent use of the framing device suggests that he is but discovering stories that are already out there.
Later, two of these men were escorted from the stadium for persistent use of foul language.
SIR, We are deeply offended by your newspaper's persistent use of the term "bear market" to describe falling share prices.
"Ash Wednesday" is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for its comically persistent use of profanity and a touch of bloody violence.
Of the nagging problems facing Russia's military, one of the worst abuses has been the persistent use of draftees to carry out menial tasks for their commanders.
I wonder if it's, yet again, the ozone layer ruined by my aunt's persistent use of hairspray — this ocean's rising fever?
From Christine Blower, the NUT general secretary It's the persistent use of expressions like 'dumbing down' that we think are not really acceptable.
Some, quite reasonably, are disappointed in his policy failures (on Guantánamo, climate change, and gun control); others question the morality of the persistent use of predator drones.
LAS VEGAS — Senator Harry Reid says Democrats should move to curtail the filibuster if they win the White House and Senate in November only to run up against persistent use of the tactic by Republicans.
The consistent – you could say persistent – use of conjunctive phrases such as "And it came to pass" (on which Tyndale rings the changes) gives the work a ritualised, almost plainsong feel.
The authorial voice is claustrophobic throughout, and the persistent use of 'you' (much of the novella is addressed to the daughter) turns Joyce Carol Oates into an intimate advocate.
