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How to use stubbornly in a sentence

15 example sentences · adverb

Stubbornly means in a stubborn manner. Example: “He stubbornly refused to quit trying, even after failing 20 times.”

Examples of stubbornly by meaning

adverbIn a stubborn manner.

  • He stubbornly refused to quit trying, even after failing 20 times.
  • Bradford may have lost on the night but they stubbornly protected a 3-1 first-leg advantage to emulate a feat last achieved by Rochdale in 1962.2013 January 22, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 2-1 Bradford (3-4)”, in BBC

More sentences with stubbornly

  • The windows stay stubbornly shut and keep in a sweltering heat.2023, Trang Thanh Tran, She is a Haunting, →ISBN. From the entry glob
  • My shopping cart became my life buoy as I hung on to it and stubbornly kept going.2012, Holly Reese, Rising from the Abyss, page 116. From the entry life buoy
  • A wise child, stubbornly asserting the reality principle. . . .1999 November 22, Richard Schickel, “Cinema: Travels with Mommy”, in Time, retrieved 22 Jul 2015. From the entry reality principle
  • For so long as the judging consciousness refuses to recognize his own evil, he remains stubbornly Creonic.1995, Andrew Cutrofello, The Owl at Dawn: A Sequel to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, →ISBN, page 2. From the entry Creonic
  • Diseases that have most stubbornly resisted medical control are those caused by the subbacterial Rickettsiae and viruses.1944 May 1, “Tropical Diseases”, in Life^([archive.org]), page 64. From the entry subbacterial
  • They stubbornly hung on to the idea that Outlander was a Harlequinesque bodiceripper that would only appeal to middle-age bored housewives.2016 February 26, Beth Wesson, “Selling Outlander to the Masses … Or Selling Out?”, in My Outlander Blog, archived from the original on 05…. From the entry bodiceripper
  • But they are stubbornly unalive and therefore unwilting.2000, Charles Baxter, The Feast of Love, page 106. From the entry unalive
  • Though a herald and proclaimer of peace, he could fight stubbornly and passionately on the side of justice.1910, Helen Keller, The Song of the Stone Wall. From the entry proclaimer
  • Young men at Hillsborough—many of whom, I felt sure, had a smarter look than I—had bid stubbornly for her favour.1900, Irving Bacheller, chapter 20, in Eben Holden: A Tale of the North Country. From the entry turn someone's head
  • Not playing the hunger games of success, not undergoing the mechanical hoopla of PR, he could go on stubbornly being Kent Haruf, doing his job.2015 May 27, Ursula K Le Guin, “Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf review – happiness at the end of life”, in The Guardian. From the entry hunger games
  • Small reddened but said stubbornly, “The cow likes my singing.” ¶ Cows are different from humans; perhaps the hairiness of their ears strains sound.1942, Emily Carr, “Singing”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC. From the entry hairiness
  • The envelope was right on top -- I handled it carefully, still stubbornly clinging to the belief that the fibbies would want to dust it for fingerprints.2010, Jerald Ford, Turn Me On, Dead Man, →ISBN, page 77. From the entry fibbie
  • It is naive to think it likely that technology can be phased out in a smoothly managed, orderly way, especially since the technophiles will fight stubbornly at every step.1995, Theodore Kaczynski, Industrial Society and Its Future. From the entry technophile

Meaning of stubbornly

  1. adverb In a stubborn manner.

Full definition of stubbornly

Questions about stubbornly in a sentence

How do you use stubbornly in a sentence?
Stubbornly is used as an adverb. For example: “He stubbornly refused to quit trying, even after failing 20 times.”
What is a short sentence with stubbornly?
“But they are stubbornly unalive and therefore unwilting.”
What does stubbornly mean?
Stubbornly means in a stubborn manner.

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