Sentence examples for tenacious idea from inspiring English sources

The matrix of its faults, the constant source of its blindness (and, for a long time, its dishonor) was this tenacious idea of a great family, "the" left, of which social-democracy was one branch and Stalinism, Leninism, totalitarianism, was another.

Friends describe him as a compulsive, energetic and tenacious producer of ideas and solutions, who enjoys the drama and challenge of working in some of the world's toughest spots.

The most tenacious proponents of this idea are the immigrant families.

But he also looks deeper to suggest the tenacious hold of the idea of the frontier on the American imagination and its attendant fantasies of escape.

But, being tenacious, he clung to the idea.

But he's equally tenacious in defense of terrible ideas.

Indeed, the most tenacious misconception in biology may be the idea that all processes serve a purpose (Gregory, 2009; Kelemen and Rosset, 2009; Mead and Scott, 2010).

And, at 78, he is calmly and suavely tenacious; he released an album this year, "Old Ideas," and sprinkled a few of its songs through the concert.

She compares Betreuungsgeld to building a road but paying motorists not to drive on it.In truth Mrs Merkel is catering to traditional ideas of motherhood, which remain tenacious in Germany.

Tenacious Know anyone who exhaustively pursues pet ideas -- even after everyone agrees on the requirements for the work ahead?

Tenacious rising senior rower Caroline Burke ran with the idea.