All 5 Uses of
persistent
in
The Great Gatsby
- All the cars have the left rear wheel painted black as a mourning wreath, and there's a persistent wail all night along the north shore.†
p. 9.9
- The wind had blown off, leaving a loud, bright night, with wings beating in the trees and a persistent organ sound as the full bellows of the earth blew the frogs full of life.†
p. 20.5
- I followed him over a low whitewashed railroad fence, and we walked back a hundred yards along the road under Doctor Eckleburg's persistent stare.
p. 24.9 *persistent = continuous
- There were three married couples and Jordan's escort, a persistent undergraduate given to violent innuendo, and obviously under the impression that sooner or later Jordan was going to yield him up her person to a greater or lesser degree.†
p. 44.8
- Contemporary legends such as the "underground pipe-line to Canada" attached themselves to him, and there was one persistent story that he didn't live in a house at all, but in a boat that looked like a house and was moved secretly up and down the Long Island shore.†
p. 97.8
Definition:
continuing -- especially despite difficulties or opposition