Sentence examples for were a persistent from inspiring English sources

Scorpions, both yellow and green, were a persistent problem.

For centuries, Bolivia's indigenous people were a persistent underclass.

The dead were a persistent presence because of the limitations of the technology of the day.

Anxieties about the shrinking music business were a persistent undercurrent in the speeches.

Although it's hard to find accounts of anyone eating a rat in the first world war, trench rats were a persistent problem.

For years, they, like every other western intelligence service, had advised their governments that Iraq's WMD programmes were a persistent menace.

It's a persistent thing.

Multitasking is a persistent myth.

House Republicans are a persistent lot.

Forgetfulness is a persistent, weary joke.

Dysthymia is a persistent mild depression.