All 3 Uses
persistence
in
Lonesome Dove
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- He had no money, and no eloquence with which to persuade Lorena to trust him, but he did have a dogged persistence and was prepared to sit in the Dry Bean all night in hope that his evident need would finally move her.†
Chpt 3-4
- "We think she's gone," Charlie Barnes said, with irritating persistence.†
Chpt 28-29 *
- The boy's skill and persistence with horses pleased him.†
Chpt 99-100
Definitions:
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(1)
(persistence) continuing or repeating behavior -- especially in spite of difficulties
or:
continuing or prolonged existence of something - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)