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• “But for your tenacity,” one wrote, “he’d be somewhere ruining another child’s life.”2026 March 1, Benjamin Weiser, Matthew Goldstein, Mike Baker, “Why the Epstein Investigations Took So Long and Did So Little”, in The New…. From the entry but for
• Besides appearing on TV, Miley Cyrus records and tours as Hannah Montana and succeeds with Madonna-like tenacity.2017, Chuck Klosterman, Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21ˢᵗ Century, Penguin Books…. From the entry madonna-like
• Could the same ailuromorphic magic and tenacity apply to Liam Carroll?2009 September 23, Dearbhail McDonald, “Tycoon could now prove he has as many lives as a cat”, in Irish Independent. From the entry ailuromorphic
• Men had to do triple Axels or at least attempt them with tenacity.1997, Beverley Smith, A Year in Figure Skating, page 115. From the entry axel
• The thing about Proust is his combination of the utmost sensibility with the utmost tenacity.1953, Virginia Woolf, “Tuesday, April 8th”, in Leonard Woolf, editor, A Writer's Diary, page 71. From the entry catgut
• College readers of Tolkien's work had a tenacity and anorakish single-mindedness matched only by the Trekkies who would soon follow.2003, Gary Valentine Lachman, Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius. From the entry anorakish
• And he’ll pursue it with Sithlike tenacity, he promises.1999 June 25, Ian Spelling, “Ray Park turns Darth Maul into ‘Phantom Menace’ breakout role”, in The Daily News, volume 143, number 280…. From the entry Sithlike
• German silver is noted for its whiteness, lustre, brilliance, tenacity, and toughness, and its power of resisting chemical influences.1907, [D. McKay], Paul N. Hasluck, Metalworking: Old-fashioned Tools, Materials, and Processes for the Handyman, Skyhorse Publishing…. From the entry german silver
• The Mugunghwa (Rose of Sharon) is thought to be deeply associated with what are regarded as the most typical Korean characteristics: a sincere heart, inwardness, and tenacity.2015, FACTS ABOUT KOREA: South Korea, Past and Present, Korean Culture and Information Service Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. From the entry mugunghwa
• Soon Numan had picked up a fiercely loyal fan militia called the Numanoids, who followed him with the obsessive tenacity that only sustained ridicule can foster.1998 September, SPIN, volume 14, number 9. From the entry Numanoid
• In the heat of the tropics a variety of skin irritations — collectively dubbed the “creeping crud” — gripped with unrelenting tenacity the hides of the tender.1946, Belleau Wood (Aircraft carrier), "Flight Quarters.": The War Story of the U.S.S. Belleau Wood (page 67). From the entry creeping crud

Meaning of tenacity

1. noun The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
2. noun The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
3. noun The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.

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How do you use tenacity in a sentence?

Tenacity is used as a noun. For example: ““But for your tenacity,” one wrote, “he’d be somewhere ruining another child’s life.””

What is a short sentence with tenacity?

“And he’ll pursue it with Sithlike tenacity, he promises.”

What does tenacity mean?

Tenacity means the quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.