Sentence examples for persists in using from inspiring English sources

Many have been fact-checked repeatedly, yet the president persists in using them.

If a non-standard-speaking child persists in using non‑standard English, particularly non-standard grammar, that child will rarely progress.

"The mutual fund industry persists in using these inflated figures because they have a vested interest in doing so," said Mr. Waddell, who is also a retired associate professor at Auburn University in Alabama.

Translating Exodus, he persists in using, in reference to Pharaoh's heart, the verb "toughened" where the usual translation uses "hardened" ("And Pharaoh's heart toughened"; "And the Lord toughened Pharaoh's heart").

Although the government has switched to using the consumer price index (CPI) for calculating the rate of increase in pensions and benefits, it persists in using RPI for student loans and train fares.

As one quickly gathers from his conversations and occasional writings, Ralph Ellison is much preoccupied — as an individual, as a Negro American (an expression he persists in using), and as a writer — with the not so fashionable conviction that, when met with courage and determination, there is almost no predicament that cannot be converted into "benefits and victories".

One reason our brains persist in using stereotypes, experts say, is that often they give us broadly accurate information, even if all the details don't line up.

British cavalry officers, far more than their continental European counterparts, persisted in using and maintaining cavalry, believing that mounted troops would be useful for exploiting infantry breakthroughs, and under the right circumstances would be able to face machine guns.

And yet they persist in using it.

President Bush persisted in using "our servicemen and women".

I still persist in using "World Trade Center" when giving directions downtown.