persist

In a sentence

Six example sentences with persist, each labelled with its topic.

• She persisted with the same six-week program despite two plateaus, refusing to swap it for whatever the forum recommended.

  Fitness

• Wegener persisted for two decades, presenting his drifting-continents case at conference after conference while geologists dismissed every version.

  Science

• The founders persisted with the subscription model through eleven flat months, ignoring every investor who urged them to pivot.

  Startups

• She persisted with the same blue for twenty years, though critics begged her to try another colour.

  Art

• The councillor persisted with the cycle lane plan through three defeats, and the fourth vote finally passed it.

  Politics

• The cellist persisted with the difficult passage each morning, refusing to simplify it as her teacher suggested.

  Music

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More Academic words

• tracing
• assessment
• ultimate
• corresponding
• exceeding
• abandoned
• regulated
• symbolic
• scenario
• dominance
• integrate
• illustration