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Definition
continuing — especially despite difficulties or opposition
- Keating would not admit that he had tried to see Dominique again, persistently and without results.1.12 — Part 1 Chapter 12 (41% in)
- He went away, relieved and desolate, cursing himself for the dull, persistent feeling that told him he had missed a chance which would never return; that something was closing in on them both and they had surrendered.1.12 — Part 1 Chapter 12 (99% in)
- Those who denounced him too persistently were run out of their professions: some in a few weeks, others many years later.3.1 — Part 3 Chapter 1 (77% in)
There are no more uses of "persistent" in The Fountainhead.
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