obdurate

• But Mrs. Willoughby was obdurate, and Minnie's tears, which flowed freely, were unavailing Then there came the first knock of the impatient and aggressive visitor, followed by others in swift succession, and in ever-increasing power. —  The American Baron
• The wet rope was obdurate, the knot more and more hopeless, and my efforts to make light of the situation awakened no response in the girl. —  The House of a Thousand Candles
• If the husband still remained obdurate, a few well-executed convulsions and a song or two in the so-called Yakut language were generally sufficient to bring him to terms. —  Tent Life in Siberia
• I am cruel, obdurate, and unrelenting. —  Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian
• Shelley worked hard to persuade Byron either to let her have Allegra or to look after his daughter properly himself; but he was obdurate, and the child died in a convent near Venice in 1822. —  Shelley

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