All 8 Uses of
persevere
in
Wuthering Heights
- He stubbornly declined answering for a while: she persevered, and finally persuaded him to hold communion with her through the boards.†
Chpt 7 *
- Edgar persevered in his resolution as far as the court; there he lingered.†
Chpt 8
- Whether she would have got over this fancy if left to herself, or persevered in nursing it perpetually, I cannot say: she had little time to reflect.†
Chpt 10
- 'To get rid of me, answer my question,' persevered Mr. Linton.†
Chpt 11
- 'And why didn't mamma speak to me about him?' persevered the child.†
Chpt 20
- And, hard though it be to crush her buoyant spirit, I must persevere in making her sad while I live, and leaving her solitary when I die.†
Chpt 25
- I saw she was sorry for his persevering sulkiness and indolence: her conscience reproved her for frightening him off improving himself: she had done it effectually.†
Chpt 32
- 'And supposing you persevered in your obstinate fast, and died by that means, and they refused to bury you in the precincts of the kirk?'†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(persevere) to keep working at something -- especially despite difficulties