Both Uses of
persistent
in
Heart of Darkness
- The river-bank was clear, and on the water-side I saw a white man under a hat like a cart-wheel beckoning persistently with his whole arm.†
Chpt 2 *
- The dusk was repeating them in a persistent whisper all around us, in a whisper that seemed to swell menacingly like the first whisper of a rising wind.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(persistent) continuing -- especially despite difficulties or opposition