Example Sentences

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The keynote of the President's young life had been persevering industry.

From The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln by Nicolay, Helen

Mr. Ellsworth's conduct throughout had been very much in his favour; he had been persevering and marked in his attentions, without annoying by his pertinacity.

From Elinor Wyllys, Volume 2 by Cooper, Susan Fenimore