Sentence examples for the idea persisted from inspiring English sources

Though he retracted his comment the next day, the idea persisted.

Acquired characteristics are not inherited, though the idea persisted as a serious scientific concept into the 20th century.

The Colonial Office discouraged schemes for massive proprietorial grants; still the idea persisted, with Thomas Peel kinsman of the future prime minister Sir Robert Peel investing heavily.

The idea persisted for about 15 years, Dr. Reilly said, but eventually the epidemiological evidence convinced scientists that these men were no more violent than men without an extra Y chromosome.

The idea persists that if one has a camera network with 30 FPS cameras, one will be able to obtain the said 30 frames per second regardless of network configuration or parameters.

Through scores of revisions, that idea persisted.

The idea persists although the form it takes continually changes.

The idea persists: private business must still and always remain in the government's good graces.

The idea persists even now, albeit stripped of its religious origins.

The idea persists that all these people need to do is pull themselves out of it.

And yet, the idea persists, in large part because it still works.