Sentence examples for somewhat persistent from inspiring English sources

IBM's Watson computer has also proven to be quite the quick learner, and there have been somewhat persistent rumors that he would show up in a smartphone sometime soon.

Mercury is somewhat persistent in human tissues (U.S. EPA 1997).

Unlike other CW agents, sulfur mustard agents (e.g., HD) are somewhat persistent; therefore, sites or conditions involving potential HD contamination should include an evaluation of both the agent and thiodiglycol.

Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic, bioaccumulating, and somewhat persistent metal released into the environment during mining operations and industrial processes and as a by-product of oil combustion [ Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) 1999].

If a general writing trait has been in existence for a long period of time, only slowly changing, then it has been guiding the writing activity during that period of time in a somewhat persistent manner, giving rise to some degree of "directionality" in genetic evolution.

"The weakness in underlying activity is likely to be somewhat more persistent than previously expected".

The rainfall from Morakot in China somewhat relieved persistent drought conditions in the region.

Its shape ranges from roughly spherical, to obovate (egg-shaped) or pyriform (pear-shaped), sometimes plicate (crumpled, wrinkled) around a somewhat fibrous, persistent tuft of mycelium.

In the cellular automaton model the overall effect of sex rate reduction is a slightly larger domain of coexistence: the pan-sexual strain cannot exclude the mating types at high fitness erosion rates, and it is somewhat more persistent at medium values of φ.

The Afghan view is somewhat different, with persistent reports of flight of capital due to apprehension about the insurgents taking over swathes of the country when Western forces end combat operations in 2014.

Dwindling libido can assuage somewhat the grief of persistent loneliness.