Sentence examples for whose tenacity from inspiring English sources

Thomas D. Barr, a formidable lawyer whose tenacity and discipline helped transform the way major corporate litigation is conducted, died Thursday in Santa Barbara, Calif.

At present, Murray is a brilliant player whose tenacity could be the vital weapon to surpass rivals with greater natural ability (Roger Federer) or physical strength (Rafa Nadal).

(AP) CHANDLER VOTED TOP DEFENDER Tyson Chandler, whose tenacity and leadership transformed the Knicks' defense, has been voted the N.B.A.'s defensive player of the year, according to a person familiar with the results.

It also includes, briefly, the voice of a slightly older man, the man without whose tenacity and shrewdness the movement might never have come into being: Marion Grierson's big brother, John.

Brittain's ambivalence about Oxford, and the admiration she came to feel with hindsight for the principal of Somerville (the classicist Emily Penrose, whose tenacity resulted in the first degrees for women in 1920), are fascinating strands of her story.

Its well-respected principal is a woman named Joan Armstrong, whose tenacity and charisma have helped expand the student population to 238 from around 200 during her four years at the school.

So, when he withdrew Joe Ledley – exhausted, no doubt, but whose scurrying tenacity in front of the back-four made him the game's outstanding player – Serbia sniffed a chance and a minute later were level.

Painful, perhaps, but not enough to deter Ms. Field, whose unusual tenacity and often fierce nature have kept her a serious player in movies and television despite the kind of adversity and petty humiliation that might have sidelined others years ago.

While the work could be considered delicious manna for the mind, the events it captures--specifically Davis' history--seem to offer a vibrant look at an era best not forgotten and showcases a kind of people whose fierce tenacity (some would argue) failed to transfer effectively into the next few generations.

But Ree shone out as someone whose competence and tenacity and unpredictable responses we enjoyed".

Alongside him, and equally coveted by the world's richest clubs, is Gareth Bale, a Welsh wing whose speed and tenacity can transform tied games into victories.