Sentence examples for tough and persistent from inspiring English sources
When she dances with him, you can see how tough and persistent a performer she is, and how she'll grow into the underwritten part.
France, a tough and persistent voice on Iran, pushed hard to make a ban on refined petroleum exports part of the Security Council's measures, only to let the proposal evaporate when the Obama administration said it would do nothing to harm "the Iranian people".
If you thought we tough and persistent during Stonewall and the AIDS crisis, we're about to blow the minds of bigots who think we are about to shrink back into a closet.
Under this tough, smart and persistent editor, the Sunday Times ran its legendary campaign in the late 60s and early 70s to uncover the truth about thalidomide, the morning sickness drug given 10 years previously to pregnant women, causing their children to be born with malformed limbs.
Officials said an agreement on spending reductions in the vicinity of $30 billion to $40 billion had seemed possible before Tuesday's abbreviated negotiating session, but lawmakers and their aides seemed uncertain Friday about where the talks would head, given the tough partisan statements and persistent disputes over the makeup of any budget deal.
But for social enterprises, which use the power of business to directly improve society and our environment, the obstacles tend to be tougher and more persistent.
The wave of deportations in the past few years, along with tougher state laws and persistent unemployment, have all created a mass exodus of Mexican parents who are leaving with their American sons and daughters.
Liverpool-born Leveson is variously described as tough, persistent and industrious, but not a great socialiser.
But proving a direct connection between the oil, dispersant, and persistent health issues in the Gulf has been tougher.
A master of his brief, he has also proved to be a terrific interviewer: tough, persistent, unflappable and usually polite.
It was patient and persistent.
