The Only Use of
tenacious
in
Wuthering Heights
- Terror made me cruel; and, finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes: still it wailed, 'Let me in!' and maintained its tenacious gripe, almost maddening me with fear.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(tenacious) persistent and unyielding