Stubbornness Sentence Examples

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  • His leg was hurt, and only his stubbornness kept him from surrendering to shock.

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  • Fred rolled his eyes at Dean's perceived stubbornness.

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  • The child reacts to the parents' negative actions by increased aggressiveness, temper tantrums, or stubbornness.

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  • Bishop Williams, a kinsman of Cromwell's, relates at this time that he was "a common spokesman for sectaries, and maintained their part with great stubbornness"; and his earliest extant letter (in 1635) is an appeal for subscriptions for a puritan lecturer.

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  • The people, notwithstanding their German origin, showed a very strong feeling against the invaders, and in no part of France was the enemy resisted with greater stubbornness.

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  • Foiled by the dictators stubbornness, Cavour had once more to take to underhand methods; and, while continuing futile negotiations with King Francis, sent his agents into Naples to stir up disaffection and create a sentiment in favor of national unity strong enough, in any event, to force Garibaldis hand.

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  • For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.

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  • The early part of this stage can also include stormy tantrums, stubbornness, and negativism, depending on the child's temperament.

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  • Now that the negatives of each sign have been toned down, like the stubbornness of Taurus and the prankster in Gemini, you'll find that you get along with more people.

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  • The loyalty and passion of Aquarius can also manifest itself in the form of extreme stubbornness.

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  • This mix of ego and stubbornness can be the undoing of this sun sign.

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  • They exist not merely as logical consequence or development of the absolute, but have a stubbornness of being in them, an antagonistic feature which in all times philosophers have been driven to recognize, and which they have described in varied fashion.

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  • Unfortunately, when negative character aspects come in to play, the fixed signs may also produce character deficiencies such as stubbornness, a fear of change and a very opinionated nature.

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  • This resentment will resonate even more deeply with the gloomy Scorpio, whereas Taurus' stubbornness may cause the issues at play to come up in conversation over and over again.

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  • Even where, as in the Pennine region and the Lake District, the people have been completely assimilated with the Teutonic stock, they retain a typical character, marked by independence of opinion approaching stubbornness, and by great determination and enterprise.

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  • Some of the troops fought with all their old stubbornness, but others gave themselves up or abandoned the trenches when the enemy columns came out of the mist.

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  • The successful defence of Varna and Silistria seemed to justify the stubbornness of the Porte.

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