All 8 Uses
persist
in
Mao’s Last Dancer
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- Despite seeing a few local healers, her sickness persisted and on the second night she had a strange dream: Na-na accused her and my dia of not looking after her.†
Chpt 1.5 *persisted = continued
- We can play your favorite card game," Cunfar persists.†
Chpt 1.7persists = continues
- Help your old friends!" they all persisted.†
Chpt 2.11persisted = continued
- Are you embarrassed by my mother's praises of you?" he persisted.†
Chpt 2.12
- For my brothers it wouldn't matter how hard they worked or how long they persisted, little would change in the end.†
Chpt 2.12
- But still the doubts persisted.†
Chpt 2.18
- I persisted.†
Chpt 2.19
- Fortunately, however, the American International Ballet Competition Association persisted and eventually the Russian authorities relented.†
Chpt 3.26
Definitions:
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(1)
(persist) to continue -- often despite difficulty or to repeat a question
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)