Sample sentences for PERSISTENCE

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continuing or repeating behavior — especially in spite of difficulties

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Napoleon Hill

The persistence of a culture that does not adequately value formal education.
The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence.
Albert Ellis
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
Hal Borland
But more and more often, and with greater persistence, he watched her.
Leo Tolstoy -- Anna Karenina
And brought Miss Hunter down from London in order to get rid of the disagreeable persistence of Mr. Fowler.
Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
What was unusual about Arthur Sallis was the persistence of his desire to make something of his life, in spite of the odds against him.
Michael Lewis -- The Blind Side
He was rewarded for his persistence, for his emotions.
R.A. Salvatore -- The Crystal Shard
Still .... perhaps human persistence was an asset.
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle
THE TREE OF PARADISE But persistence at last met with its reward.
Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace
Sampson, feeling hopeless, but somehow having too much persistence and determination to give up, suddenly had an inspiration.
Sampon Davis, et. al. -- We Beat the Street
It was not at all the "artist's studio" of which, because of its persistence in fiction, she had dreamed.
Sinclair Lewis -- Main Street
Exhausted by her persistence, Louie finally agreed to go, with one caveat: When Graham said, "Every head bowed, every eye closed," they were leaving.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
'Gone, gone,' the old woman replied with a crabby shrug, irritated by his persistence, her low wail growing louder.
Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
But your persistence has now put me in a difficult position.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
Lying on her back, motionless, and with staring eyes, she saw things but vaguely, although she tried to with idiotic persistence.
Gustave Flaubert -- Madame Bovary
His instinct would not permit him to attack her, while her persistence would not permit him to ignore her.
Jack London -- White Fang
There is actually a significant scientific literature measuring Asian "persistence."
Malcolm Gladwell -- Outliers
Hopelessly, by sheer numbers and persistence, I was stilled, surrounded, and forced out of the rooms.
Anne Rice -- Interview with the Vampire
But persistence paid off and finally there was Renault on the line, the quiet hello, the calm voice but something else, something else.
Robert Cormier -- The Chocolate War

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