Zito is not alone with a stubborn streak of optimism.
I left with a stubborn determination to pursue what I wanted to do.
He walked pitched forward with a stubborn gait, as if he were fighting a strong headwind.
Dealing with the F.A.A. on this topic is like arguing with a stubborn teenager.
Poor Nick Clegg: I wouldn't trust him with a stubborn jam jar lid.
Its numbers have grown little in recent years — one here, two there — but with a stubborn consistency.
"Pigeons" suggested a sneaky brand of chamber jazz; "Iberia" resembled a pop song with a stubborn hiccup.
She clearly communicated a vision of culture as rooted but not closed off, thoughtful but still passionate, and flexible with a stubborn core.
A friend says he announced that he would become president of Brazil when he was just 17. Colleagues describe a nocturnal control freak with a stubborn streak.
Celta Vigo also picked up three points in Barcelona's own back yard earlier this season and they did it with attacking football mixed with a stubborn defence.
The baby with the runny nose, the infant with a stubborn cough — respiratory infections in small children are a familiar family travail.
