Example sentences for: obstinacy

How can you use “obstinacy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • His obstinacy on the issue is cited as proof that John Paul II is indifferent to one of the major themes of Vatican II: Christian reunion.

  • A piece opines that Richard Holbrooke, not Madeleine Albright, is responsible for U.S. underestimation of Milosevic's obstinacy.

  • Bill Clinton and Ken Starr are Time 's "Men of the Year" for their "shared obstinacy."

  • Another editorial berates President Clinton for foreclosing the ground troop option, thus goading Slobodan Milosevic into further obstinacy and tying NATO's hands.

  • Kosovo, Iraq (thanks to artfully timed obstinacy by Saddam Hussein), and India-Pakistan are subjects of the widest speculation.


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