Sentence examples for the idea persists from inspiring English sources

The idea persists although the form it takes continually changes.

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

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

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

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

Not surprisingly, the idea persists in the minds of the American public that Washington still isn't back on the side of Main Street.

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.

And yet the ludicrous idea persists that Social Security is some sort of welfare program.