All 11 Uses
persist
in
Sons and Lovers
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- "Well, it DOES mean fingers," the boy persisted.†
Chpt 1.5persisted = continued
- And Morel persisted the more because his children hated it.†
Chpt 1.6
- As it was, the battle now went on nearly all between father and children, he persisting in his dirty and disgusting ways, just to assert his independence.†
Chpt 1.6persisting = continuing
- "What's a-matter?" he persisted.†
Chpt 1.6persisted = continued
- "But even your joy is like a flame coming off of sadness," he persisted.†
Chpt 2.7
- "Don't you think so?" he persisted.†
Chpt 2.9
- "But I'm as good as you, aren't I, Paul?" she persisted daringly.†
Chpt 2.10
- It undermined him quickly; yet he persisted.
Chpt 2.11 *
- "I tell you it's only words that go between us," he persisted, trying to take her again.†
Chpt 2.12
- "Typhoid's pretty bad, I know," Morel persisted.†
Chpt 2.14
- He never forgot that hard, utterly lonely and stubborn clenching of her mouth, which persisted for weeks.†
Chpt 2.14
Definitions:
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(1)
(persist) to continue -- often despite difficulty or to repeat a question
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)