How to Use persist in a Sentence

persist

verb

• If the pain persists, see a doctor.
• Must you persist in making that noise?
• She had turned him down for a date before, but he persisted and asked her again.
• If you persist with this behavior, you will be punished.
• Doubts about the defendant's story have persisted for some time now.
• Rumors persist that they are dating.
• The reporter persisted with his questioning.
• But why does this obsession with the wardrobes of the wealthy persist?
  — Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 7 May 2023
• Some weirdness will persist—and yet the weirdos will be gone.
  — Sheon Han, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2024
• Through tonight: Variably cloudy skies should persist through the night.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
• Clear skies that ruled the day should persist into the night with only a couple of high clouds here and there.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2024
• Of all the artifacts that persist in the face of new technology, the globe may be strangest.
  — Michael O’Donnell, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
• But how did those organisms persist long enough to see the world through to better days?
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
• And yet there’s no way to know how long these barriers can persist.
  — Raja Shehadeh, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
• Though her injuries healed, her pain persists, the trial brief says.
  — Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
• The effects have persisted over the two years since the stimulation has been turned on.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
• That proved impossible to achieve, but the idea of a target persists in Tory ranks.
  — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2023
• But the fallout from the profile persists, at least in the initial days since publication.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 5 June 2023
• But a previous study in monkeys lasted two and a half years, and the results of the gene editing persisted.
  — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• The heat will ease slightly by Wednesday, but above normal temperatures will persist across much of the eastern US through the end of the week.
  — Haley Brink, CNN, 8 May 2023
• The record-breaking heat is expected to persist into next week.
  — Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 20 July 2023
• Other reports persist that LeBron still wants the Lakers to add Kyrie.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 24 May 2023
• In the United States, flu season starts as early as October and can persist well into the spring.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Oct. 2023
• Although beach days are winding down, the heat of summer temperatures will persist well into the first weeks of the school year.
  — Maggie Scales, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
• And with the rise of GLP-1 medications, weight stigma is persisting in new forms.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 22 Jan. 2024
• Still, the question somehow persists: Can a Black artist make country music?
  — Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 1 Apr. 2024
• Kevin Wu, who helped lead the movement in Los Angeles, says that the core intent of their advocacy persists today with the news of the split.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2023
• That wealth of content could even bring in additional subscribers if the strike persists.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2023
• The question this time is whether the heat problem persists and goes beyond what consumers think is acceptable.
  — Mark Gurman, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
• At the same time, the hardcore scene that helped birth Chisel persists, with the cycle of bands looking to explore beyond the borders of the scene repeating once again.
  — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 10 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024