Sentence examples for the practice persisted from inspiring English sources

Yet the practice persisted.

Mr. Blackmon unearths shocking evidence that the practice persisted well into the 20th century.

The practice persisted in Germany until after World War II, a few exceptions aside, and can be found here and there in Italy to this day.

The practice persisted through the Roman Empire and into the early period of Christianity and was revived after the decline of serfdom in the late Middle Ages.

Citing official Turkish figures, Amnesty said 546 men received reduced sentences after conviction of "taking someone's virginity with the promise of marrying them" in 2002 and that the practice persisted, despite moves to stop it.

She explored why the practice persisted for so long: it was perpetuated by women, because they believed it was a way to gain an advantage in a male-controlled marriage market; and it functioned as a class signifier, because peasant women working in the fields could not afford to cripple themselves.

During the Middle Ages and later, the practice persisting well into the 19th century, prepubertal boys were sometimes castrated to preserve the purity of their treble voices.

Indeed, fiefs were at first rewards for public service made from fiscal (royal) lands; this practice persisted in the south into the 11th century.

He ensured that this practice persisted by implementing the controversial "majority of the majority" rule, which discouraged GOP House leaders from allowing Democrats to pass any bills, even if they had help from dissenting Republicans.

But the practice persists.

If the practice persists, the program may gradually learn to recognize the senders as interlopers and weed out the mail.