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How to use obstinately in a sentence

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Speculators and moneyed men would have covered the canvas with double napoleons, but the artist obstinately refused to sell or to make replicas.
As the old man listened to what the interpreter said, he half-closed his eyes and looked upwards, quite stubbornly and obstinately.
Universal anthems are one thing but in an increasingly homogenised, corporate world, the nation state obstinately refuses to wither away.
Imagine him sticking to his guns and obstinately insisting that appeasement wasn't wrongheaded, there just wasn't enough of it.
Nonetheless, they are difficult to comprehend for he who remains obstinately in the darkness of his fanaticism and traditions.
This conversation made it very clear who was puffed up with pride and obstinately trying to impose his will on others, and who was trying to be reasonable and accommodating.
The landing was obstinately disputed by the British forces, but the coolness and intrepidity of our troops soon compelled them to give ground.
For even if the flab obstinately stays on, it appears that exercise alters the way in which fat cells work, presumably for the better.
It is not always possible to understand the intentions of the government, which has obstinately refused to set up the Refugee Appeal Division.
Unfortunately, this government and its loyal allies in the NDP obstinately voted against my party's initiatives on this issue.
If the European Union obstinately refuses to listen to the will of the people, its democratic base will slowly but surely disappear.
And just as obstinately, our predecessors in government have resisted having to keep their word.
Each obstinately aware of and passionately absorbed in colour and brush-strokes, to delight the eye.
Yet we are obstinately and instinctively determined to live.
If We had mercy on them and removed the distress which is on them, they would obstinately persist in their transgression, wandering in distraction to and fro.
Russia's vertical power structure, obstinately created by the Kremlin and devoid of common sense, means federal officials can be held hostage by the regional officials.
While the dotted rhythm remains obstinately unvarying, the sudden key changes provide plenty of colour and surprise, as does one short section in which the composer calls for a dreamy and radical pedal effect.
Unaware of her thought, Myong Sam drew a hasty conclusion that she was a persevering girl as she asked him how to drive and how to overhaul the tramcar, obstinately following at his heel.
Now the most certain testing of these fruits is, namely, that one attempts obstinately to defend false articles against the clear and obvious word of God-with this the judge can instruct and strengthen his conscience.
The challenges to which the AJS must respond are deeply and obstinately rooted in the disadvantaged socio-economic conditions that continue to describe the context of Aboriginal Justice.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Other schools of philosophy admit relations but obstinately refuse to contemplate relations with more than two relata.
I remember to have cured a disconsolate widower, who obstinately refused every other medicament, by a strict course of geology.
She listened to all his arguments, but shook her head obstinately at their end.
But without a current established, it is surprising in turn to find how obstinately and elusively immovable it can be.
And from that moment she obstinately refused to reply to any question that was put to her.
The latter had not opened his lips since he had so obstinately resumed his work.
One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
The tea-leaf symbols are obstinately unfavourable, and display ominous signs of forthcoming sorrow.
Jaggers being highly dictatorial, and Wemmick obstinately justifying himself whenever there was the smallest point in abeyance for a moment.
He now stood obstinately resolved to persevere in his iniquity.
And so during the third year he obstinately toiled on a work of revolt.
While I was obstinately persevering a plan dawned on my mind.
He had hitherto been obstinately opposed to all Mrs. Eames's activities.
But Pascal paid no heed to him, obstinately determined to die on his feet.
If you've ever battled with hangers obstinately attached to the rail, then you'll identify with the garrulous grumps.
He obstinately centered his thoughts upon the rough plan of his zagreus.
On the next day the weather still showed no sign of change, but kept provokingly and obstinately fair.
But those clever men cling so obstinately to their own ideas.
Brocq, whose eyes were obstinately lowered, saw nothing of this.
When he had finished, Ben Weatherstaff was standing quite still with his jaws set obstinately but with a disturbed look in his eyes fixed on Colin.
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