Sentence examples for tenacity of a from inspiring English sources

"He has the tenacity of a pit bull dog.

Indeed, she had fastened onto our house with the tenacity of a monomaniacal abalone.

The article also referred incorrectly to a Martinelli newspaper motto, "With the Tenacity of a Terrier".

The robberies show the tenacity of a militant and criminal underworld still capable of exploiting breaches in security.

He combines the tenacity of a cockroach, the charm of a fox, and the tolerance of a half-dozen linebackers.

Zarif is an affable man, with a disarmingly unrevolutionary grin, a quick wit, and the steely tenacity of a debater.

I was celebrating the moment — the tenacity of an underdog and a victory that resonated more than any other this decade.

A11 Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz said the Pentagon had underestimated the violent tenacity of an insurgency that formed after Baghdad fell.

The Puck Building, the inimitable epicenter of SoHo industrial swank even before there was a SoHo, has been around for 128 years but defies its age with the tenacity of an uptown socialite.

Carter, though, is blessed with the quiet tenacity of an invasive oriental knotweed and he duly crept back into the match, ensuring the final would go into an evening session by taking the fifth frame.

For more local news from The Times, including more on a citywide mandate to teach sex education in public middle and high schools, the tenacity of an Upper West Side resident in shutting down a local bar, and Alec Baldwin's political ambitions, see the N.Y./Region section.