Sentence examples for persistently standing from inspiring English sources
Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, had been seen in the West as "Mr. Nyet," Mr. Bond said, persistently standing in the way of Western efforts to pressure President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, Moscow's main regional ally.
Persistently standing on the side of the consumer, Corazza Bildt, who sits on the Parliament's Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO), is a former U.N. worker and is deeply engaged in developmental issues, believes that "how we eat, how we move, and what we breathe in is all connected to European legislation".
Ms. Redmond said Mr. Konopka persistently bothered the neighbor, standing outside her house and otherwise disturbing her.
After the recession of 1990-1991, office vacancy rates downtown were persistently high, with some buildings standing empty.
It is deeply misunderstood and constantly held in a state of vulnerability, but that hasn't stopped it from persistently owning its role and standing unapologetically tall in what it was born to be.
Far from standing on the defensive therefore – and unbeknown to Marlborough – Louis XIV was persistently goading his marshal into action.
I recently spoke to teenagers in Harlem who told me how they have persistently been stopped, questioned, searched, harassed, intimidated, disrespected, pushed and yelled at - while standing on the street chatting, as they attempted to eat dinner on a stoop, or while visiting friends.
