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Meanings of persevering in English

Who persevers stubbornly.

        Quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness.

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              Examples for "dogged"
              Examples for "dogged"
              1
              Second, past reforms reveal the critical role of dogged and personal leadership.
              The Guardian
              2
              However, they were left exhausted by the New Zealand team's dogged defence.
              Radio NZ
              3
              The young tennis player had been dogged by injury in recent years.
              The Irish Times
              4
              Certainly, though, through his dogged determination, Giuliani has broken new scientific ground.
              The Guardian
              5
              However, its conversion to a medical centre has been dogged by controversy.
              The Irish Times
              1
              Zombies are perseverant and mischievous, adaptable to almost any situation.
              James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
              2
              No magical God-force protected the just and perseverant; no hand of Providence reached down.
              Oberheim (Voices): A Chronicle of War
              Usage of persevering in English
              1
              Wise, as energetic; persevering, as enterprising; brave in reverse, as unassuming in.
              The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation
              2
              The others are deficient in education, but are zealous, and very persevering.
              The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4
              3
              A stumbling horse regains his footing by persevering in his onward course.
              Phineas Finn / The Irish Member
              4
              It was afterwards procured by a persevering collector in that colony, Mr.
              Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia / Performed Un...
              5
              Towards the end of December, the disease yielded to persevering medical treatment.
              The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation
              6
              First, by such persevering persistence in the Christian path, we gain ourselves.
              Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
              7
              It's hard to get this balance, she says, but it's worth persevering.
              Reuters
              8
              He was a great sight-seer in those days, and a persevering one.
              The Boys' Life of Mark Twain
              9
              So I couldn't really give up, I just had to keep persevering.
              The Guardian
              10
              This persevering enemy the president of the Gun Club had never seen.
              From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon
              11
              The persevering engineer resolved to continue his ascent until he was stopped.
              The Mysterious Island
              12
              Hence all these large, numerous, and persevering expeditions by the European powers.
              Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882
              13
              These eight persevering lovers were just what I required for my experiment.
              Social Life in the Insect World
              14
              Had his choice been less unexceptionable, I should have condemned his persevering.
              Mansfield Park
              15
              Dream after dream comes true-orrather is made true by persevering effort.
              Rilla of Ingleside
              16
              He had a strong, square face, with a dogged and persevering chin.
              Something New
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