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Example sentences for: obstinate
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In the past, the most obstinate white opponents of integration (the Goldwater wing of the Republican Party and conservative Southern Democrats ) argued that people should have the right to associate--or not to associate--with whomever they wish.
If this drags on for too long, and Iran (say) seems inexcusably obstinate, it can be judged noncompliant by a vote of convention members, and sanctioned accordingly.
"[D]espite the impossible circumstances under which they were written, they are an extraordinary and moving record of a courageous, compassionate and obstinate mind dedicated to democratic principles and the amelioration of the Chinese people's harsh fate" (Judith Shapiro, the New York Times Book Review ).
The WSJ runs a fine feature about the military's obstinate attachment to anti-Soviet era big ticket weapons systems and its concomitant failure to fully tap the potential of newer, smaller ideas.
Because rent regulations say you can't evict people when their leases are up (if they even have leases), one obstinate tenement dweller can block the creation of a 50-story high-rise.