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In them we see the classic scenario of the adult child exasperated by her parents’ apparent bull-headedness, but here it comes with a possible twist.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2015

But it looked more like bull-headedness to them.

From The Bondboy by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)

"It is his confounded bull-headedness that has got us into this scrape," thought poor Pike, for the twentieth time, but the soldier in him came to the fore and demanded action—action.

From Sunset Pass or Running the Gauntlet Through Apache Land by King, Charles

At only twenty-three he was invited to accompany General Braddock's staff, but neither he nor angels from heaven could prevent Braddock from plunging with typical British bull-headedness into the fatal Indian ambush.

From George Washington by Thayer, William Roscoe

If I’m in a jam, it’s my own doing, and due to my bull-headedness, of which you have so often reminded me.

From The Infra-Medians by Wright, Sewell Peaslee