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How to use stubbornness in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Stubbornness means the state of being stubborn. Example: “I didn't reckon with his stubbornness.”

More sentences with stubbornness

  • I didn't reckon with his stubbornness.From the entry reckon with
  • With some inconceivable pride, or rather stubbornness, as I wanted money, I refused.2017 May 1, James S. Peters, Sadakichi Hartmann, Alien Son: A Biography, Sunstone Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 121. From the entry bakery
  • It takes time, dedication, curiosity, and a hint of stubbornness to get past the missteps and misclicks.2005, Katrin Eismann, Wayne Palmer, Photoshop restoration and retouching. From the entry misclick
  • Wide-grained and with hard knots of stubbornness, rilesome and quick to judge and long to hold a grudge.2016, Ivan Doig, Heart Earth: A Memoir, page 86. From the entry rilesome
  • Shortly before the child's second birthday we read, 'Ditta has such outbreaks of rage & stubbornness that she screams blue murder.'1998, John C[harles] G[erald] Röhl, translated by Jeremy Gaines and Rebecca Wallach, Young Wilhelm: The Kaiser's Early Life, 1859–1888…. From the entry blue murder
  • It can manifest itself through opinionation, stubbornness and ostracism.1983 February 5, Shiva, “SM/Feminism/Antisemitism”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 28, page 4. From the entry opinionation
  • It involves superimposing broken English written in multi-coloured Comic Sans on to pictures of shiba inus, a small Japanese breed of dog known for its spirited stubbornness.2014 February 18, Alex Hern, “What is Doge?”, in The Guardian. From the entry superimpose
  • Knowing the stubbornness and adamancy of born-again Christians, they're more likely to write off Borhek off as "fallen," and accuse her of succumbing to the arguments of Satan.1979 December 29, Andy Beck, “Parents of Gays”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 23, page 15. From the entry adamancy
  • No brief account can fully capture the complexity of this relationship, in which each partner contributes his own share of stubbornness, pride, hostility, warmth, suspicion, skill, and affection.1971, Lyndon Johnson, “Bite the Bullet”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 438. From the entry self-reliant
  • Though not as popular as some of the more well-established mixes, the short-coated Bagel has the loving personality one would expect from two Hounds, plus the potential for some stubbornness.2010, Dogs All-in-One For Dummies, Wiley Publishing, Inc., page 601. From the entry bagel

Meaning of stubbornness

  1. noun The state of being stubborn.

Full definition of stubbornness

Questions about stubbornness in a sentence

How do you use stubbornness in a sentence?
Stubbornness is used as a noun. For example: “I didn't reckon with his stubbornness.”
What is a short sentence with stubbornness?
“I didn't reckon with his stubbornness.”
What does stubbornness mean?
Stubbornness means the state of being stubborn.

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