All 4 Uses of
persistence
in
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
- He could speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody understood, unless it was the mocking-bird that hung on the other side of the door, whistling his fluty notes out upon the breeze with maddening persistence.†
Chpt 1
- Her "condition" was in no way apparent, and no one would have known a thing about it but for her persistence in making it the subject of conversation.†
Chpt 4 *
- The persistence of the infatuation lent it an aspect of genuineness.†
Chpt 7
- You see that I have persistence.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
continuing or repeating behavior -- especially in spite of difficulties
or:
continuing or prolonged existence of something
or:
continuing or prolonged existence of something