8 uses
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Definition
to keep working at something — especially despite difficulties
- He stubbornly declined answering for a while: she persevered, and finally persuaded him to hold communion with her through the boards.Chapter 7 (75% in)
- Edgar persevered in his resolution as far as the court; there he lingered.Chapter 8 (93% in)
- Whether she would have got over this fancy if left to herself, or persevered in nursing it perpetually, I cannot say: she had little time to reflect.Chapter 10 (81% in)
- 'To get rid of me, answer my question,' persevered Mr. Linton.Chapter 11 (88% in)
- 'And why didn't mamma speak to me about him?' persevered the child.Chapter 20 (13% in)
- And, hard though it be to crush her buoyant spirit, I must persevere in making her sad while I live, and leaving her solitary when I die.Chapter 25 (41% in)
- I saw she was sorry for his persevering sulkiness and indolence: her conscience reproved her for frightening him off improving himself: she had done it effectually.Chapter 32 (58% in)
- 'And supposing you persevered in your obstinate fast, and died by that means, and they refused to bury you in the precincts of the kirk?'Chapter 34 (66% in)
There are no more uses of "persevere" in Wuthering Heights.
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