All 5 Uses of
persistent
in
Main Street
- One scene had a persistent witchery: She stood on a terrace overlooking a boulevard by the warm sea.†
Chpt 19
- She raged, but so violent was the current of their respectability, so persistent was Aunt Bessie in running to her with their blabber, that she was embarrassed when she took Hugh to play with Olaf.†
Chpt 20
- He persistently drew her toward him.†
Chpt 21 *
- Dinner was over and they were gossiping of her friends at the flat, but an intruder was with them, sitting back, persistent, inescapable.†
Chpt 38
- She sat on the edge of his bed while he hunted through his bureau for a collar which ought to be there and persistently wasn't.†
Chpt 39
Definition:
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(persistent) continuing -- especially despite difficulties or opposition