Wondering how to use Obstinate in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as unregenerate or disobedient.
Obstinate meaning
- Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
- Not easily subdued or removed.
- Typical of an obstinate person; fixed and unmoving.
Synonyms of Obstinate
Using Obstinate
- The main meaning on this page is: Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent. | Not easily subdued or removed. | Typical of an obstinate person; fixed and unmoving.
- Useful related words include: unregenerate, disobedient, tenacious, pertinacious.
- In the example corpus, obstinate often appears in combinations such as: an obstinate, the obstinate, and obstinate.
Context around Obstinate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 12 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Obstinate
- In this selection, "obstinate" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 18.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, unusually, compared, removing, cough, roadblock and civil stand out and add context to how "obstinate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an unusually obstinate roadblock and as an obstinate partisan of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "obstinate" sits close to words such as abdelaziz, absolutist and accrual, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with obstinate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Obstinate to the end. (4 words)
I’m being obstinate, LOL. (5 words)
It proved as obstinate as ever, as scary. (8 words)
For instance, they interpret the exhortation to defend one’s faith “with gentleness and reverence” in 3:15–16 as a response to Pliny executing Christians for the obstinate manner in which they professed to be Christians. (37 words)
The link, many of you will know, is that Burgundy red is made with Pinot Noir, that difficult grape variety which is fussy where it grows, to the point of being obstinate. (32 words)
López Obrador is obstinate, and he hates to spend money, sharply cutting government spending and salaries in a way few more conservative governments could get away with. (27 words)
Example sentences (20)
Additional disasters in the memorable speech included a prankster handing the PM her P45 and May fighting off an obstinate cough that wouldn’t shift.
But one budding romance has an unusually obstinate roadblock.
Despite all the chances it had to act responsibly to rescue the economy, the government was obstinate.
It’s clearly a favourite: Truss once compared obstinate civil servants to the creatures from the film in a speech.
Set in the underworld of ancient Greece, you play as Zagreus, the obstinate son of Hades.
It proved as obstinate as ever, as scary.
I persisted and the young man was so obstinate.
López Obrador is obstinate, and he hates to spend money, sharply cutting government spending and salaries in a way few more conservative governments could get away with.
The link, many of you will know, is that Burgundy red is made with Pinot Noir, that difficult grape variety which is fussy where it grows, to the point of being obstinate.
The low-hanging fruit in the gentrification equation is removing obstinate, bureaucratic stasis.
I’m being obstinate, LOL.
Obstinate to the end.
Play was switched to the right flank to Sinoti, who was similarly kept at bay by more obstinate Edinburgh defending.
The final scenario, the fifth act, is all about forgiveness, even in the face of all the damage a delusional and obstinate King can create.
A Komondor can become obstinate when bored, so it is imperative that training sessions be upbeat and happy.
But the king also pressured many obstinate deputies to agree on compromises important to the Lithuanian side.
Clodius set about depriving Caesar's senatorial enemies of two of their more obstinate leaders in Cato and Cicero.
For instance, they interpret the exhortation to defend one’s faith “with gentleness and reverence” in 3:15–16 as a response to Pliny executing Christians for the obstinate manner in which they professed to be Christians.
He turned upon his powerful neighbor Joan, excommunicated her as an obstinate partisan of Clement, and permitted a crusade to be preached against her.
Hibbert, p. 504; St Aubyn, p. 623 They, and others, conclude that as a person Victoria was emotional, obstinate, honest, and straight-talking.
Common combinations with obstinate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an obstinate 3×
- the obstinate 3×
- and obstinate 3×
- as obstinate 2×
- obstinate as 2×
- obstinate and 2×
- being obstinate 2×
- more obstinate 2×