PERTINACIOUS in a Sentence
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Example sentences for PERTINACIOUS, such as:
1. He is bound to succeed because his pertinacious nature will not permit him to quit.
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Meanings and Examples of PERTINACIOUS
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pertinacious
a. stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate
Classic Sentence:
1 Here be it said, that this pertinacious pursuit of one particular whale, continued through day into night, and through night into day, is a thing by no means unprecedented in the South sea fishery.
2 He was very careful of his valise and umbrella, bringing them in with his own hands, and resisting, pertinaciously, all offers from the various servants to relieve him of them.
3 Chloe had pertinaciously insisted that the very bills in which her wages had been paid should be preserved, to show her husband, in memorial of her capability.
Example Sentence:
1 He is bound to succeed because his pertinacious nature will not permit him to quit.