Examples of obstinacy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web People talk a lot about artificial intelligence but not enough about artificial obstinacy. David Brooks, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024 In 2015, their nuclear perseverance and obstinacy even compelled Barack Obama to sign an agreement accepting Iran’s status as a nuclear-threshold state, i.e., a state that can assemble a weapon in short order. Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023 Christie has been an immovable object, resisting all entreaties with characteristic obstinacy and swearing to remain in the race until New Hampshire. Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2023 This repetitiveness, this obstinacy, is a distinctive feature of Ellroy’s writing. Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for obstinacy 

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