Sample sentences for STEADFAST

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Definition

firmly consistent — especially in loyalty

But then, that's who Helene is: Her faith is steadfast.
Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes

The mother still looked on steadfastly from the depths of her cavern.
Victor Hugo -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
My grandmother was steadfast.
Malcolm Gladwell -- Outliers
VIVIE [steadfastly] Excuse me: I do mind.
George Bernard Shaw -- Mrs. Warren's Profession
But that was one of the many things I loved about Marsha: her steadfast commitment.
Dave Peizer -- A Man Named Dave
He saw the gentle face bent over him and, athwart the surge of fever, that steadfast smile took form again.
Albert Camus -- The Plague
It's now a matter of remaining calm and steadfast, of gritting our teeth and keeping a stiff upper lip!
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
Gillingham joined them, and they left the house, Widow Edlin continuing steadfast in her refusal to assist in the ceremony.
Thomas Hardy -- Jude the Obscure
He had stood faithfully in her corner like a steadfast tin soldier.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Played with Fire
Her eyes continued to bore into me, but I did not waver in my steadfastness.
Lisa See -- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

(Editor's note: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.)

Even a steadfast enemy was better than a waffler, and her new-model army and navy had never waffled.
Megan Whalen Turner -- Queen of Attolia
Everyone else on the lawn, seemingly used to Vicky's outbursts, is steadfastly ignoring what they've just heard.
Meg Cabot -- Queen of Babble
You see then, whither, prompted by duty and the law, I steadfastly drive.
Herman Melville -- Billy Budd
He kept it in his hand and steadfastly proffered it.
Jack London -- White Fang
But, no, Mom remains the steadfast politician.
Ellen Hopkins -- Identical
Or,—as I steadfastly believe,—what if he has no knowledge of this wealth?
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The House of the Seven Gables
Poor Tinker Bell and the Steadfast Tin Soldier?
Cornelia Funke -- Inkheart
The old man's mind turned more and more to his monastery as his eyes turned to the steadfast snows.
Rudyard Kipling -- Kim
As the tale goes, there had never been a more capable, steadfast imp than Yuga.
Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
Hail him, who keeps a steadfast mind!
Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) -- Faust

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