Sentence examples for stubborn from from inspiring English sources

But European resistance to the Iraq mission was stubborn from the outset, and an influential European diplomat in Washington told me, "If what John Kerry says today is that he thinks that Europeans could drag that car out of the mud now, I believe this is not a realistic expectation".

Davenport is one of eight cities listed in the song Iowa Stubborn from the 1957 musical The Music Man.

"A battling knock from Chris Read first time round and stubborn resistance from the unbeaten James Taylor in the second innings were the highlights for the home side, but they have it all to do on the final morning".

Use an abrasive rubbing rock, available from a building supply store, to scrub stubborn material from the brick.

That is because they face stubborn resistance from within the party and the bureaucracy.

Time Inc., a stubborn holdout from the deals publishers made with Apple to be on the iPad, gave in last week.

His supporters won a majority in a Constituent Assembly, but have met stubborn resistance from a well-organised opposition.

Nene had already missed a penalty for Monaco on Tuesday when Maazou broke the deadlock in the 110th minute to end stubborn resistance from Lens.

That he now finds himself a Democratic candidate in a pivotal U.S. Senate race is a development that proceeds, by its own stubborn logic, from this insistent theme.

While communist rule is still ruthlessly enforced, Cubans enjoy more everyday freedoms.But change faces stubborn opposition from within the Communist Party and the state bureaucracy.

Brush An interrogator scraped Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri with a stiff brush, which was described as the sort used to clean stubborn dirt from a bath.