doggedness

[ daw-gid-nis, dog-id- ]

noun

1. persistence in effort; tenacity or perseverance:

   It was the team captain’s doggedness and never-say-die approach that helped us qualify for the Olympics.

Word History and Origins

Origin of doggedness¹

dogged ¹( def ) + -ness ( def )

Example Sentences

The story is a classic of doggedness, cleverness, and a little luck.

From The Daily Beast

To a stranger listening to a story that sounded like another Plagues of Egypt, their doggedness seemed inexplicable.

From The Daily Beast

Lund loses her identity amid her doggedness to pursue the killer.

From The Daily Beast

Santorum, who lost his Pennsylvania seat in a blowout six years ago, deserves credit for sheer doggedness.

From The Daily Beast

This fearlessness and doggedness makes him a natural soul mate of The Daily Beast.

From The Daily Beast

The youth nearly fell off the bicycle, but British doggedness saved him from disaster.

From Project Gutenberg

He saw the fisherman, in ugly doggedness, towering over the small figure of the squatter-girl.

From Project Gutenberg

In no previous war have the British given more striking proof of their inherent quality of doggedness.

From Project Gutenberg

The despairing doggedness in his tone made her go on her knees on the rug before the fire, very near to him.

From Project Gutenberg

Giles Hoggett was almost unable to work from rheumatism, but still was of opinion that doggedness might carry him on.

From Project Gutenberg