Example Sentences

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He gathered a handful of fern and tried to keep them at bay, but they were persevering and ubiquitous.

From The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story by Bryce, Charles, Mrs.

The English enterprises were persevering, continuous and Rivalry in the East. successful.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

They had no knowledge of the danger that they were then in, but they were persevering, and still determined to make their way North, and thus, at last, success attended their efforts.

From The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by Still, William

In front of the Leone a considerable number of loafers had assembled to see me off, and of these some half-dozen were persevering mendicants.

From By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy by Gissing, George

The Jacobite ladies were as fearless as they were persevering.

From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. by Thomson, Mrs.