All 3 Uses of
dogged
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- By the outer margin of the Pit was an oval pond, and over it hung the attenuated skeleton of a chrome-yellow moon which had only a few days to last—the morning star dogging her on the left hand.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- What! mustn't a lady move an inch from her door without being dogged like a thief?"†
Chpt 31-33 *
- The horse bore him away, and the very step of the animal seemed significant of dogged despair.†
Chpt 34-36
Definitions:
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(dogged as in: dogged by problems) followed; or persistently annoyed
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(dogged as in: dogged determination) continuing effort to achieve something despite difficulties (persistent effort)