Sentence examples for something dogged from inspiring English sources

There is something dogged about the way the initial serendipitous coup d'oeil is worked up and worked on until it's considered a suitable subject for a painting.

Amazon also seems to me to suffer from something that dogged Borders and still dogs other big corporate bookshops: identity issues.

"If I wanted something, I dogged it to death till I got it".

Consistency was something that dogged the Giants throughout last season, and tellingly they finished in the middle of the pack in the N.F.L. in passing yards (12th), rushing yards (14th) and total yards (14th).

I had been used to doing business on a handshake and my word of honour, and I made the error of actually believing what the men in the pinstriped suits told me". It was to be something that dogged his career but he remained philosophical, saying he always followed his heart.

He is not a flashy presence on TV; he has an adenoidal voice and comes across as something of a dogged plodder.

I hoped to find something approaching a dogged determination to implement the new reforms if only for the good of the patients.

No doubt it was partly a gesture of frustration that he should be withdrawn at a point when the game might still have been saved, something which his dogged spirit has achieved on a remarkable number of desperate occasions.

Criticism is something which has dogged Hodgson almost from the moment he took over from Rafael Benitez on July 1 and has started to intensify after Liverpool failed to get off to a flying start in the Barclays Premier League.

Served two terms as the mayor of Baltimore, something that has dogged him at the start of his campaign, with urban decay affecting large parts of the city and contributing to riots between police and the African American community.

The announcement of an election date appears to have dampened speculation that Kevin Rudd – the man Gillard ousted from the top job three years ago – will mount a leadership challenge, something that has dogged Gillard's term as prime minister.