Sample Sentences forpersistence (editor-reviewed)
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She hasn't succeeded yet, but I admire her persistence.persistence = continuing effort despite difficulties
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The persistence of these organic pollutants makes them a more serious threat.persistence = prolonged existence
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The persistence of the scientist in her research eventually led to a groundbreaking discovery.persistence = continuing effort despite difficulties
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The behavior had continued for a long time now, and it occurred to him that it might be too long. It almost seemed as if they were trying to keep Ellie's attention ... he was troubled by the persistence of their behavior. (source)persistence = long-continuing effort
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In his pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of his persistence and courage. (source)persistence = continuing effort despite difficulties
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We'd finished studying an hour ago, thanks only to my utter persistence. (source)
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An hour later, when the four of us were still seated on the sofas, I finally came to terms with their physical persistence. (source)persistence = continuing effort (despite difficulties)
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That was Matthew's way—take a whim into his head and cling to it with the most amazing silent persistency—a persistency ten times more potent and effectual in its very silence than if he had talked it out.† (source)
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Exhausted by her persistence, Louie finally agreed to go, with one caveat: When Graham said, "Every head bowed, every eye closed," they were leaving. (source)persistence = long-continuing effort
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Upon which, wearily, ghostlily, as if they had feather-light fingers and the light persistency of feathers, they would look, once, on the shut eyes, and the loosely clasping fingers, and fold their garments wearily and disappear.† (source)
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Maybe comrade Leplevsky was so dedicated to the brotherhood of the Proletariat (from which he'd sprung), that the persistence of this Former Person in the new Russia galled his sense of justice. (source)persistence = continuing existence
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It is necessary that constancy of mind, persistency of purpose, and the grand simplicity of decision shall rule and guide the conduct of the English-speaking peoples in peace as they did in war.† (source)
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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)
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Himself reeling from exhaustion, he was astonished beyond measure at such persistency.† (source)
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The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life, imposed by the dead upon the living. (source)persistence = prolonged existence
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The characteristic of a genuine heroism is its persistency.† (source)
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