tenacious

• "Bob Simels is well-known as a tenacious, effective and highly capable defense lawyer and he was doing his work," Shargel said. —  - Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community
• Her mind was of that sort--tenacious, intolerant, and not many-sided. —  Dangerous Ages
• One can imagine a character--tenacious, pure, narrow and subtle, intent upon dignity, and with a natural suspicion of rivals--which might have saved some part of the estates for posterity. —  The Historic Thames
• If animal oil is very coarse or tenacious, a very small quantity of oil of turpentine may be added 999. —  Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby
• The narrow education of a tradesman it was natural to suppose had rendered the mind of Mr. Hartley still more tenacious, and unmanageable. —  Damon and Delia A Tale

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