Both Uses of
tenacious
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- knowing your admirable tenacity I was convinced that you were sitting in ambush, a weapon within reach, waiting for the tenant to return.
Chpt 12 *tenacity = determination and persistence
- Its tenacious grip plucked at our heels as we walked, and when we sank into it it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths, so grim and purposeful was the clutch in which it held us.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(tenacious) persistent and unyielding