Sentence examples for proved tenacious from inspiring English sources

This theory, somewhat mocked when first stated, has proved tenacious.

He appeared to be mindful that insurgent combatants in the Afghan war had proved tenacious.

The French have responsibility for Kapisa Province and the Sarobi district of Kabul Province, both places where insurgents have proved tenacious.

The Taliban presence in Tagab has proved tenacious; two French reporters were kidnapped in Tagab in December 2009 and held until this past June.

Factions of al-Qaida have also proved tenacious in the Sahel region, despite a French-led intervention and the commitment of significant military resources by the US.

Ms. Sutton, in her third term, has proved tenacious, and this is the type of race that Democrats need to win if they want to seriously dent the Republican House majority.

But history teaches us that though authoritarian regimes that lack legitimacy can prove tenacious, they cannot sustain themselves indefinitely.

The compact disc has proved surprisingly tenacious.

In Lecco, car use has proved a tenacious habit even though the piedibus has caught on.

Initially I worried the little camera would take a dive, but once I had it positioned it proved pretty tenacious.

A Swedish paper published a death toll of between a hundred thousand and two hundred thousand, and this inflated figure proved remarkably tenacious.