Stubborn is an English word with synonyms like intractable or tenacious. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Stubborn in a sentence
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Stubborn meaning
- Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.
- Of materials: physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.
Synonyms of Stubborn
Using Stubborn
- The main meaning on this page is: Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something. | Of materials: physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.
- Useful related words include: intractable, tenacious, pertinacious, dour.
- In the example corpus, stubborn often appears in combinations such as: the stubborn, and stubborn, stubborn and.
Context around Stubborn
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stubborn
- In this selection, "stubborn" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, became, notoriously, tackle, ehn, product and jars stand out and add context to how "stubborn" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about sweetly stubborn hope or and above a stubborn resistance zone. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stubborn" sits close to words such as adorned, breathtaking and burrow, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stubborn
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I became stubborn ehn as in stubborn. (7 words)
Fortescue has moved above a stubborn resistance zone. (8 words)
Being a stubborn Taurus, he hasn’t let anything stop him. (11 words)
But as the prospect of a second term looms, could it also be true that the notoriously stubborn Trump and his advisers left the White House with a better grasp of Canada's relationship with — and importance to — the United States? (41 words)
Although a pressure washer can be a quick way to remove the stubborn product from garden surfaces, it can actually “prove worse” in the long run, as it could result in gardeners having “more moss”, shares Rian. (37 words)
Based on the popular novel of the same name by follows the reclusive and stubborn Carrie Pilby (), a young New Yorker with a high intellect who is strongly averse to change and adventure. (33 words)
But as the prospect of a second term looms, could it also be true that the notoriously stubborn Trump and his advisers left the White House with a better grasp of Canada's relationship with — and importance to — the United States? (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
I became stubborn ehn as in stubborn.
Although a pressure washer can be a quick way to remove the stubborn product from garden surfaces, it can actually “prove worse” in the long run, as it could result in gardeners having “more moss”, shares Rian.
And as I said several times, you have to be even more stubborn.
And being very stubborn always, I, in my own way, refused to give it to them.
And if you're a fan of hacks that make your life easy and don't cost anything, try these out when it comes to stubborn jars and bottles.
Any fan picking up a model of revolutionary leader Hera Syndulla will want to get their hands on her loyal but stubborn droid.
Barrymore brings a stubborn charm to the classic character conveying a slightly assertive tone and adding a realistic quality that doesn't exist in most Cinderella adaptions.
Based on the popular novel of the same name by follows the reclusive and stubborn Carrie Pilby (), a young New Yorker with a high intellect who is strongly averse to change and adventure.
Being a stubborn Taurus, he hasn’t let anything stop him.
Black students in Minnesota registered their highest graduation rate ever, and those gains have helped narrow a stubborn gap compared with their white peers.
Boxes of polished gemstones segue into an array of custom-shaped cribbage boards, enough to intrigue the most stubborn septuagenarians.
But as the prospect of a second term looms, could it also be true that the notoriously stubborn Trump and his advisers left the White House with a better grasp of Canada's relationship with — and importance to — the United States?
Continued tough action by central banks to tackle stubborn inflation risks tipping Britain and other developed countries into recession next year, the west’s leading economic thinktank has warned.
Crossing France in late summer and early fall saw fierce fighting amidst difficult terrain and extremes in weather while fighting a stubborn German army trying to block the Allies from entering their homeland.
Dealing with a stubborn person can be made easier by remembering your sense of humour.
Did everything they could, but I was a stubborn child, and the more they pushed, the more I dug in my heels.
Even if we do get a Fed "pause", I wouldn't rule out more rate increases later in the year if the inflation data remains stubborn.
For a long time I wanted a parable with a tidy moral about sweetly stubborn hope or stupidly unbreakable habit.
For many people, particularly women, the inner thighs are one such stubborn region.
Fortescue has moved above a stubborn resistance zone.
Common combinations with stubborn
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the stubborn 15×
- and stubborn 14×
- stubborn and 14×
- more stubborn 7×
- very stubborn 7×
- stubborn inflation 7×
- be stubborn 7×
- as stubborn 7×
- most stubborn 6×
- with stubborn 5×