Sentence examples for stubborn by from inspiring English sources

Bullish on the medium and stubborn by nature, he decided that Esquire was not going to get run over.

The poem is about an old woman's consciousness of the other guests' consciousness of her body, made inert and stubborn by a stroke.

Manager Terry Collins has learned by now that his Mets are unusually resilient, stubborn by nature but also hardened this season by a level of adversity bordering on absurdity.

"The exciting thing about Bushy's speech is that in it we find Shakespeare struggling with a sentiment rendered stubborn by the circumstance that the speaker appears to be thinking, is doing his intellectual best to get his consolation across, and is getting slightly muddled in the process, the slight muddle being a by-product of the effect to represent intellection".

Thinking that people must see that you need help but are simply being stubborn by not doing so can cause you to see difficult behavior where there is nothing of the sort.

The trophy never did see the court, its moment postponed by Ray Allen's shooting stroke, by James's stubborn insistence, by Chris Bosh's spiteful palm.

Previous changes in the law have made striking harder; higher unemployment has made it scarier; and, in the public sector, what the authors sum up as "privatisation, balkanisation and stubborn ness" by public employers backed by the government, already represent formidable disincentives to strike action.

Lycia was conquered by the Persian commander Harpagus after stubborn resistance by the people of Xanthus.

A sheaf of Shaker spirituals offers two delectable solos: "O Love, Sweet Love," performed by Deborah Rentz-Moore, a mezzo-soprano, and "Stubborn Oak," by Ms. Brotherton.

His optimism was tempered by awareness that there was still stubborn opposition by reactionary monks and theologians, and a careful reading of the letter shows that he saw the golden age as a possibility in the near future, not something already achieved.

Christie's, its main competitor, will follow suit next week, but it was stubborn campaigning by Sotheby's that broke the monopoly granted to French auctioneers by Henri II in 1556.