Example Sentences

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United had to defend obdurately - and at times desperately - in the latter stages, but saw out Courts' fifth victory in six competitive games.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2021

When Williams played the first Kansas City Women’s Jazz Festival in 1978, she obdurately declared, “I’m very feminine but I think like a man.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2020

And he obdurately stood in the way of necessary and welcome societal change long after it was otherwise the universal norm.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2019

As played by Ms. Mulligan, whose work in films like “The Great Gatsby” doesn’t begin to capture the hypnotic presence she emanates onstage, Kyra is obdurately calm and centered.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2015

Despite the defense’s successes in showing the shoddiness of the government’s case, the state was obdurately persistent.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela