Example Sentences

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It is, writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty, a harmonizing with history that is “at once agonizingly harsh and perseveringly soulful.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2019

The bigger amazement is how they— and by extension we the audience — are able to harmonize with a history at once agonizingly harsh and perseveringly soulful.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2019

But the old man sucked perseveringly at the bread between his toothless gums.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

The result was that he established himself in Braintree, living at his father's house, and continuing his studies patiently and perseveringly until clients began to appear.

From Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches by Various

Drag these laboriously, and push them perseveringly to their places!

From Loveliness A Story by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart