Both Uses of
persistent
in
Ceremony, by Silko
- They were the same—the mule and old Grandma, she sitting in the corner of the room in the wintertime by the potbelly stove, or the summertime on an apple crate under the elm tree; she was as blind as the gray mule and just as persistent.†
Chpt All *
- They took the trail they had worn along the fence and followed it east; he watched to be sure none of them circled back, but the old direction was persistent even in the half-grown calves.†
Chpt All
Definition:
continuing -- especially despite difficulties or opposition