Sentence examples for were persistent from inspiring English sources

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were persistent

adjective

Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.

  • She has had a persistent cough for weeks.

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But the Flyers were persistent.

Current-account deficits were persistent.

Abu Haiba: "Mashalla, it seems you were persistent".

Lesser burdens like loneliness and isolation were persistent.

There were persistent rumours that it was a takeover target.

Besides the dramatic dangers, there were persistent discomforts.

We tried to decline, but some people were persistent.

So the Panthers were persistent offensively in rumbling to victory.

There were persistent intimations of violence: an ax, a pistol.

"[They] were persistent," he says, before clamming up.

Long said health and safety hazards were persistent.

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