Sample sentences for OBSTINATE

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stubbornly not doing what others want

obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want

obstinate = stubborn

obstinate = stubbornly unyielding to other's wishes

It was in vain to argue with him, for he was a very obstinate man.
Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

obstinate = stubbornly unyielding to other's wishes

with a most obstinate and ill-judged secrecy, she would tell nothing, would give no clue, though she certainly knew all.
Jane Austen -- Sense and Sensibility

obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want

I sat in the tiny, cheap hotel room we had rented and tried to reason with her, but it did no good. She was obstinate.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Bones

obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want

...but it's never a good idea to nag and push a man, as it only makes them the more obstinate.
Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace

obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want

Levin hearing these voices sat scowling in an easy-chair in his wife's bedroom, and maintained an obstinate silence when she asked him what was wrong.
Leo Tolstoy -- Anna Karenina

obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want

For over a year, I had lobbied for it, and he had obstinately refused.
Khaled Hosseini -- And The Mountains Echoed

obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others

You know how obstinate men are when they get their backs up.
Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind

obstinate = stubborn

"I'll do as I choose and go as I please," said Bilbo obstinately.
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Fellowship of the Ring

obstinately = stubbornly

They were an obstinate lot, it would take a long time to persuade one of them to go with him,
Cornelia Funke -- Inkheart

obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want

He was so certain of the truth of his assertion that he had become obstinate, as people do in violent arguments.
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King

obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want

"I want the gum!" Violet said obstinately.
Roald Dahl -- Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

obstinately = stubbornly

But this time Pyotr Ilyitch was as obstinate as a mule.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Brothers Karamazov

obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want

He wished the clock would chime and tell him just how close to right he was, but the clock was obstinately silent.
Stephen King -- Misery

obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to other's wishes

...but the obstinate old man was not to be moved.
Mark Twain -- Pudd'nhead Wilson

obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want

He is very decided, but never will be obstinate, if you reason kindly, not oppose impatiently.
Louisa May Alcott -- Little Women

obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want

...a faint spark of hope, obstinately refusing to die, brought him out each dawn to scour the heavens for a sign.
Kamala Markandaya -- Nectar in a Sieve

obstinately = stubbornly

Elizabeth fiddles with a clump of hair that's slipped out of her roller, grimaces at its obstinacy.
Kathryn Stockett -- The Help

obstinacy = refusal to do what she wants

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