All 4 Uses of
persevere
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Apparently she had revived enough to persevere in her profession.
p. 34..1persevere = keep working (at something) despite difficulties
- "Gentle breeding," he continued, when I had found and scratched it, "and that you should try to live up to your name-" Atticus persevered in spite of us: "She asked me to tell you you must try to behave like the little lady and gentleman that you are."
p. 177..9persevered = kept working at something (to explain) despite difficulties
- We do know in part what Mr. Ewell did: he did what any God-fearing, persevering, respectable white man would do under the circumstances—he swore out a warrant, no doubt signing it with his left hand, and Tom Robinson now sits before you, having taken the oath with the only good hand he possesses—his right hand.
p. 272..9persevering = continuing despite difficulties
- Colonel Maycomb persevered in his efforts to make the region safe for democracy, but his first campaign was his last.
p. 346..3 *persevered = kept working (at something) despite difficulties
Definition:
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(persevere) to keep working at something -- especially despite difficulties