dogged

The story is a classic of doggedness, cleverness, and a little luck.
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To a stranger listening to a story that sounded like another Plagues of Egypt, their doggedness seemed inexplicable.
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Lund loses her identity amid her doggedness to pursue the killer.
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This fearlessness and doggedness makes him a natural soul mate of The Daily Beast.
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The sinister look in the eyes, the doggedness of the face did not change.
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories|Various
He was sober; he was dependable; and he was dogged with the doggedness of the unimaginative.
The Shadow|Arthur Stringer
Long afterward, Archibald Archer often recalled the patience and doggedness which Tom displayed that night.
Tom Slade with the Boys Over There|Percy K. Fitzhugh
The following story illustrates the doggedness of the Russian soldier.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10)|James Edward Parrott
This anger too made him speak with such a threatening tone to Fulbert, as to rouse the doggedness of the boy's nature.
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British Dictionary definitions for doggedness

dogged

/ (ˈdɒɡɪd) /

adjective

obstinately determined; wilful or tenacious

Derived forms of dogged

doggedly, adverbdoggedness, noun

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