Example sentences for: persistence

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

  • One of the reasons for Russian persistence, says the paper, is that the Russian military is trying to reverse the fumbling image it picked up from the 1994-95 attempt to best the Chechens.

  • The summit, "with its all-night sessions and constant brushes with disaster, was a setting in which Clinton's penchant for keeping all the balls in the air at once seemed to thrive," said the Post . "Clinton relied on a personal style of charm, persistence, and language that could be artfully imprecise," particularly when Netanyahu sought his assurance that the United States would release Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard.

  • With remarkable persistence the pirates climbed all the way, twice, just to pillage San Germán.

  • In such situations, the persistence of trusted leaders in encouraging effective member participation was essential.

  • Specific shortcomings included patient perceptions that clinic treatments were ineffective and the persistence of problematic tinnitus after clinic attendance.


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