All 5 Uses of
persevere
in
David Copperfield
- I propped my eyelids open with my two forefingers, and looked perseveringly at her as she sat at work; at the little bit of wax-candle she kept for her thread — how old it looked, being so wrinkled in all directions!†
Chpt 1-3 *
- 'I think I am earnest and persevering?'†
Chpt 37-39
- Still, looking forward through this intermediate stage, to the time when there should be a perfect sympathy between Dora and me, and when I should have 'formed her mind' to my entire satisfaction, I persevered, even for months.†
Chpt 46-48
- I wanted to see how you would come out of the trial, Trot; and you came out nobly — persevering, self-reliant, self-denying!†
Chpt 52-54
- But for his having been so patient and persevering for so long a time, we never could have hoped to do anything worth speaking of.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(persevere) to keep working at something -- especially despite difficulties