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  • They enter complaining of the cold that has persisted this far into spring,   (source)
  • ...he had tried in every way to keep Jason from the Indian. But Jason persisted.   (source)
  • "Why?" I persisted.   (source)
    persisted = continued despite difficulty
  • But she had to persist.   (source)
    persist = continue -- often despite difficulty
  • And yet I persist like a stubborn mule in my efforts.   (source)
    persist = continue
  • I woke in the dark after dreaming that I was buried alive, and when I was awake the feeling of suffocation persisted.   (source)
    persisted = continued
  • And so the activities of abolitionists persisted.   (source)
  • When First Lieutenant Sidney Martin persisted in making them search tunnels before blowing them, and after Frenchie Tucker and Bernie Lynn died in tunnels, the disobedience became fully organized.   (source)
    persisted = continued (here as is often the case) despite difficulty
  • But the new doctor persisted; he came each day, and his questions dissolved the edges of the fog, and his voice sounded louder every time he came.   (source)
    persisted = continued -- despite difficulty
  • But the rumors persisted.   (source)
    persisted = continued
  • even with the sheep gone their smell persisted.   (source)
  • "They persist!" He fired his gun again and again at the bodies.   (source)
    persist = continue (to exist despite everything)
  • "But could it be real?" she persisted.†   (source)
    persisted = continued
  • Disruptions were enormous, and conflict did not vanish overnight, it persisted and simmered, but reports of its persistence and simmering seemed less than apocalyptic, and while some migrants continued to cling to properties they did not own under the law, and some migrants and some nativists too continued to detonate bombs and carry out knifings and shootings, Saeed and Nadia had the sense that overall, for most people, in Britain at least, existence went on in tolerable safety.†   (source)
  • By evening the voice dwindles to a croaking. But it persists still through the whole night.   (source)
    persists = continues
  • "I'd look just like Irene Castle if I had short hair," persisted Francie.   (source)
    persisted = continued (despite opposition)
  • It undermined him quickly; yet he persisted.   (source)
    persisted = continued
  • the Mock Turtle persisted.   (source)
    persisted = continued despite difficulties
  • The headaches persisted, and Mother's memory was erratic.†   (source)
  • Still, the girl persisted, and as you might expect, each day, when she searched the mail, there was nothing.†   (source)
  • I don't know why I watch this yearly ritual in our backyard; my nightmares persist long after the bloodstains on the grass have faded.†   (source)
  • The priest usually ignored Dad and tried to go on with his sermon, but Dad persisted.†   (source)
  • Pleads and persists that there must be some waterway to the Gulf of California.†   (source)
  • They persisted in assaulting stars that could have been bypassed by wall-sliding to a more advanced position.†   (source)
  • "Stacey, somebody musta seen and told on us," I persisted.†   (source)
  • Such dismal feelings however do not often persist in the clear light of morning, when you are young.†   (source)
  • As this mental state persisted, she gradually felt more and more alienated from the world.†   (source)
  • Returning to my laptop, I tried doing some more research work, but the slow web connection persisted.†   (source)
  • For while nature doesn't have a stake in whether the wings of a peppered moth are black or white, it genuinely hopes that the peppered moth will persist.†   (source)
  • Yet they persisted through a decade of failed pregnancies, and eventually it paid off: Mom was born on January 20, 1961—the day of John F. Kennedy's inauguration— and my aunt Lori came along less than two years later.†   (source)
  • Death alone persists in this place.†   (source)
  • Lukemeier didn't persist, but for the rest of the journey Peter couldn't shake off the terrible feeling that the man was watching him.†   (source)
  • I think the system persists because we're afraid of what might happen if it didn't: war.†   (source)
  • Still, they persisted with the McMillian theory.†   (source)
  • Alby persisted with the questions.†   (source)
  • Stan persisted.†   (source)
  • He persists in asking Marie-Laure to run her fingers over it, to recognize different houses, the angles of streets.†   (source)
  • "Well, I do mind," the woman persisted.†   (source)
  • She persisted in the pretense that her shy demeanor in the presence of boys prevented her from dating them.†   (source)
  • The question that came to mind then sounded silly, but it persisted: "Do you believe in enchanted places?"†   (source)
  • Although, at dusk, the sun had lost its intensity, the dry heat shimmered above the tarmac; despite a breeze, the heat persisted with furnacelike generation.†   (source)
  • I could feel the conversation going in a direction I wasn't entirely comfortable with, but I persisted anyway.†   (source)
  • King Robert had replaced them with banners and tapestries, but Tyrion had persisted until he found the skulls in the dank cellar where they had been stored.†   (source)
  • Olivetti persisted.†   (source)
  • I will have to travel from district to district, to stand before the cheering crowds who secretly loathe me, to look down into the faces of the families whose children I have killed...The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand.†   (source)
  • Brinker persisted aggressively.†   (source)
  • But your mother's friend was so sure, she persisted.†   (source)
  • But if he hadn't known it then, Kate persisted, how did he know it now?†   (source)
  • "They won't even know I'm there, sir," I persisted.†   (source)
  • "Enceladus does," Piper persisted.†   (source)
  • But the ringing persisted, and the ringing meant that the phone worked, but no one was there to answer it.†   (source)
  • Her doubts persisted through the week.†   (source)
  • I hated cranberry sauce, but for some reason my mom persisted in her lifelong belief that it was my very favorite food, even though every single Thanksgiving I politely declined to include it on my plate.†   (source)
  • "Did you put away your game?" my father asked Buckley, wondering why he persisted in avoiding the topic with the one person who approached it head-on.†   (source)
  • The orange light persisted.†   (source)
  • Thrilled with her success, she decided to persist with the pickles and jam, and soon found herself busy all year round.†   (source)
  • "At this party," persisted Arthur, "was a girl ...oh, well, look, it doesn't matter now.†   (source)
  • The small initial advantage that the child born in the early part of the year has over the child born at the end of the year persists.†   (source)
  • He persists.†   (source)
  • "Well, what I'm trying to say," Tommy persisted, "is that I was so mixed up in those days, I didn't really do any art.†   (source)
  • Tanner persisted.†   (source)
  • They were as intelligent as you or I. "But they were animals," persisted Eragon.†   (source)
  • She grew tired of persisting in her convictions against the Liddells, their friends, everyone.†   (source)
  • Nonetheless, the restlessness persisted.†   (source)
  • I understand, but it's all right," Kearney persisted.†   (source)
  • "Who then?" they persisted.†   (source)
  • The feeling that he was in a dream persisted, much stronger than during any sim he had ever participated in.†   (source)
  • Yet the darkness that had descended over Jenny while she was on forced bed rest persisted.†   (source)
  • And if he persisted in his claims that he needed no numbing agent?†   (source)
  • It was no secret to Dede that Mama couldn't read, though Mama still persisted in her story that her eyesight was bad.†   (source)
  • "No," I persisted stupidly.†   (source)
  • Josh persisted, determined to get some answers.†   (source)
  • Holmes apologized, claiming a dire need for money, and was so persuasive and abject that even Belknap felt mollified, although his distrust of Holmes persisted.†   (source)
  • I brushed her head away, fearing infection, but she persisted.†   (source)
  • "Next year, I mean," he persisted.†   (source)
  • Muntu persists through all those conditions unchanged.†   (source)
  • Danny had persisted.†   (source)
  • Ancient heathen beliefs persisted under the surface of Christianity, and many of these pre-Christian elements became integrated with Christianity.†   (source)
  • 'It happens to everyone,' he persisted, refusing to help me.†   (source)
  • The strange bidding frenzy for offensive linemen no one had ever heard of persisted.†   (source)
  • "The banya is good for you," Filitov persisted.†   (source)
  • Despite seeing a few local healers, her sickness persisted and on the second night she had a strange dream: Na-na accused her and my dia of not looking after her.†   (source)
  • But Nana took advantage of the slightest distraction on Nivea's part to persist in her attempts to cure the child's muteness with the same remedy she used for hiccups.†   (source)
  • Later, under the sultanate of Zanzibar and subsequent rule by the Italian colonial government, the Somali Bantu were enslaved to work on plantations, a condition that persisted until as recently as the 1930s.†   (source)
  • Mother started to read the Bible, often sounding out the words, sometimes still not understanding; but she persisted.†   (source)
  • "Back to my original question-what kind of music do you like?" she persisted.†   (source)
  • The only area in which he persisted in defying time and fashion was in his somber attire, his anachronistic frock coats, his unique hat, the poet's string ties from his mother's notions shop, his sinister umbrella.†   (source)
  • At that point Palmgren had a serious discussion with her, explaining bluntly that if she persisted on this path she would be institutionalised again.†   (source)
  • At first she shakes her head no, but Olly persists, as he's wont to do.†   (source)
  • I persisted because I kept hearing about guys mixing protein powder with milk or water and drinking it before or after their workouts.†   (source)
  • Even though the Officials have laughed at the notion that the red tablet is a death tablet, the rumors still persist.†   (source)
  • "Can you see a sign anywhere?" she persisted.†   (source)
  • Yet the heat persisted.†   (source)
  • Other boys occasionally expressed an interest in joining us, but Billy was the first one who took it upon himself to persist in asking.†   (source)
  • "He picked up a bee," she persisted, "a dead bee; I mean, one that was just lying on the windowsill.†   (source)
  • She'd go and look when she'd caught up with the weeklies, the Saturday ritual she persisted with here, though it seemed to require a lot more effort.†   (source)
  • Even supposing that most of the new meanings are temporary things that will persist only through sundown that day, we will be spending time and moving forward with them.†   (source)
  • "I mean, what would you do to me?" the man persisted, still holding Vivaldo's wallet and looking at him with a smile.†   (source)
  • She suffered inexplicable fevers and headaches that persisted for months, and she lost some of the weight she had recently put on.†   (source)
  • Bachelli became loud and boisterous, screaming about Adowa, which was enough to get him beaten up if he persisted.†   (source)
  • I wondered what he thought I was going to wear if he persisted in shredding my clothes.†   (source)
  • The latter needed to remove the police chief of the sixth district because he was too honest to take bribes and so had persisted in harassing the gambling houses the director owned.†   (source)
  • Dick persisted.†   (source)
  • "Well, do it," he persisted.†   (source)
  • "How did you really do it?" he persisted.†   (source)
  • The child was too weak to work at it, but she knew if she didn't persist the baby would only get weaker and die.†   (source)
  • "And yet you're going to walk it—after a week's work here in the mill?" persisted Stoddard.†   (source)
  • I persist, dunking them for longer and longer periods, until the cold finally numbs my blisters.†   (source)
  • "We must persist," he told Lord North.†   (source)
  • Sometimes you make up your mind about something without knowing why, and your decision persists by the power of inertia.†   (source)
  • Frank persists in looking down.†   (source)
  • Bailey persisted in calling her Mother Dear until the circumstance of proximity softened the phrase's formality to "Muh Dear," and finally to "M'Deah."†   (source)
  • between Davie and Roberta, I asked my mom why she persisted, kept on having baby after baby.†   (source)
  • 'Please excuse me,' the chaplain persisted timorously.†   (source)
  • But perhaps my aunt, my forerunner, caught in a slow life, let dreams grow and fade and after some months or years went toward what persisted.†   (source)
  • Max and David sat off to the side while the arguments persisted, leaving the negotiations for their section to Rolf, Sarah, and Connor.†   (source)
  • I argued back at him, but his nagging persisted.†   (source)
  • ' Boromir persisted.†   (source)
  • Yet it persists.†   (source)
  • "There has to be something bothering you," Wesley persisted.†   (source)
  • "But what other rabbits?" persisted Hazel.†   (source)
  • 'gainst evil's might, he will persist—†   (source)
  • "You own a collection of antique weapons," Eve persisted.†   (source)
  • But if the dreams persist, they may have another purpose.†   (source)
  • How could we have persisted in this state of not knowing?†   (source)
  • "This is going to really add up," he persisted unwisely.†   (source)
  • Mortenson saw a cloud pass across the old man's craggy face, but persisted.†   (source)
  • But the myth persists.†   (source)
  • So I persisted.†   (source)
  • They hadn't told me the rules, I knew, but the feeling persisted.†   (source)
  • "Why do you persist, Monsieur Bourne?" asked Villiers wearily.†   (source)
  • If you persist in your plan, I shall expose you..."I found it!"†   (source)
  • Williams protested that he did not have the authority or powder to carry out such a drastic plan, but Hildreth persisted, saying he knew where he could get the necessary explosives.†   (source)
  • But he persisted in calling for it, and eventually Nodayimani filled his pipe, lit it, and then handed it to him.†   (source)
  • The knocking persisted.†   (source)
  • Smith persisted and prevailed.†   (source)
  • If the Lunar Authority persists in its intransigence?†   (source)
  • The nausea had persisted for weeks.†   (source)
  • The thunder persisted.†   (source)
  • I persisted in the negotiation, and Snow Flower's granddaughter came under my protection.†   (source)
  • Kamen persisted.†   (source)
  • It does not follow that they are right,' my father persisted.†   (source)
  • I persisted, "What about your teeth?"†   (source)
  • "You taunt a dangerous foe," the shard persisted.†   (source)
  • That magic persists despite the memory of our prepubescent male voices that sounded more like a pond of bullfrogs than the Vienna Boys' Choir.†   (source)
  • "She gave me this number herself," Joe persisted.†   (source)
  • But if you persist in denying what you are, you too will be destroyed, and none shall lift a hand to help you.†   (source)
  • The silence persists.†   (source)
  • Puller persisted.†   (source)
  • He said he would have to take the pills as long as it persisted.†   (source)
  • Is it the coldness of objects, she wonders, that persists?†   (source)
  • The knocking persisted.†   (source)
  • "I don't care," she persisted, her eyes as hard and cold as creek pebbles.†   (source)
  • But this shadow persisted.†   (source)
  • But for others their initial idealism, even if intensified by more visceral emotions, persisted to the end.†   (source)
  • Why, for instance, did she persist in calling Abby "Mother Whitshank"?†   (source)
  • "Are we?" she persisted.†   (source)
  • As if the dead really do persist, even in a bottle of wine.†   (source)
  • His criticisms both of the war as it had been conducted and of the army organization as it persisted were irresistibly penetrating.†   (source)
  • "If you persist," he stated, "Siddhartha shall grow angry, and you will lose the one chance at freedom which you really do possess."†   (source)
  • "I'll tell you what about Bobby Weed," Nathan persisted.†   (source)
  • But she persisted with me, as she persisted in spite of herself with the other characters in the stories.†   (source)
  • I'm afraid what Captain Keller says is only too true, she'll persist in this until she gets her own way.†   (source)
  • The man persisted, a stupid fellow, as it seemed to Hodge; his eyes and voice were slow, and here in the rush of events he seemed out of place, like an old Ford truck on a racetrack.†   (source)
  • "What will happen to this young man?" persisted Golde.†   (source)
  • He diagnosed this negative intelligence as more ominous than almost anything that could have happened, and determined to awaken General Hawker if it persisted.†   (source)
  • He felt that he was a visitor in Moscow and persisted in acting like one.†   (source)
  • Still the cricket struck his chisel; the voices persisted, placid as bran.†   (source)
  • Mr. Head persisted, his voice expressionless.†   (source)
  • And if he persists and, if he manages to present himself to the registrar, he may be disqualified because he did not spell out his middle name, or because he abbreviated a word on the application.†   (source)
  • You persist that you cannot identify The Man With No Face, Mr. Reich?†   (source)
  • The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.†   (source)
  • All night the illusion persisted, and she lay awake breathless with thoughts of this easily achievable future, that was also her past.†   (source)
  • "Well, but if—" persists Miller, "what would you do?"   (source)
    persists = continues in a course of action (despite opposition)
  • "I don't care about the stew, but I can only issue rations for eighty men," persisted Ginger.   (source)
    persisted = continued in a course of action (despite opposition)
  • "Then you'd better find him," he persists.   (source)
    persists = continues in a course of action (despite opposition)
  • "What have you lost?" Bilbo persisted.   (source)
    persisted = kept asking
  • They cannot persist without solace, without illusion, they are disordered before the naked picture of despair.   (source)
    persist = continue
  • "Who are they then?" persists Tjaden.   (source)
    persists = continued in a course of action (despite opposition)
  • There was one fancy indeed, which persisted through her girlhood.   (source)
    persisted = continued
  • In vain I persisted that Bartleby was nothing to me—no more than to any one else.   (source)
    persisted = continued (despite difficulty)
  • But the thought asserted itself, and persisted, until it produced a vision of his body totally frozen.   (source)
    persisted = continued
  • ...and don't worry about losing your "personality," as you persist in calling it; at fifteen you had the radiance of early morning, at twenty you will begin to have the melancholy brilliance of the moon, and when you are my age you will give out, as I do, the genial golden warmth of 4 P.M. If you write me letters, please let them be natural ones.   (source)
    persist = continue
  • "I don't care," he persisted gloomily.   (source)
    persisted = continued (despite difficulty or resistance)
  • Well, I began analyzing it—my imagination persisted in sticking horrors into the dark—so I stuck my imagination into the dark instead, and let it look out at me—I let it play stray dog or escaped convict or ghost, and then saw myself coming along the road.   (source)
    persisted = continued
  • The tyrannosaur roared again, but this time it had distinct musical overtones, and a kind of echo, persisting afterward.†   (source)
    persisting = continuing
  • "That's why he's chosen Draco, isn't it?" she persisted.†   (source)
  • He was in motion now, and being in motion was better, but that feeling of unreality persisted.†   (source)
  • "Youmust believe it, though," persisted Eragon.†   (source)
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