Sentence examples for rather stubborn from inspiring English sources

You can see that I'm a rather stubborn character.

On one screen Stone, as candidate Patricia Hill, embraces servicemen, kisses black children and magisterially tosses her rather stubborn wig, a Condoleezza-meets-Hillary do.

As befits a court proceeding stemming from a deeply held conviction, Mr. Bloomberg will find himself confronting, in the defendant, a rather stubborn man of equally firm belief.

And, even as she writes about the complexities and hidden potencies of gender, Garner comes to the scene — again, like a certain kind of parent — with rather stubborn ideas about male and female roles.

Alison Fuller, professor of vocational education and work at the Institute of Education in London, told the committee: "The rather stubborn figure that remains is about 6% of 16-to-19s 16-to-19s 16-to-19sstart a government supported apprenticeship.

"I would say I'm patient rather than stubborn," Shields says of his difficult reputation.

Suddenly, the world caught up with Willie Nelson, and by sticking to his guns, he now seemed visionary rather than stubborn.

This fantasy relationship between boy and penguin is redolent of ET. But where Spielberg can't resist a nice sweet cherry on top "ET go home", Dougal Wilson has created a rather cool, stubborn little pal in the penguin.

The changes to the odds reflect not some sudden change of heart among the nation's boxing experts but, rather, the stubborn optimism of McGregor's fans, who have bidded up his price in the months since the fight was announced.

Campbell's careful biography drew attention to the redeeming virtues of this stubborn, rather awkward politician.

Rangers, meanwhile, despite collecting criticism for being stubborn rather than pleasing on the eye, are a streetwise team.