persevere

verb per·se·vere \ ˌpər-sə-ˈvir \

|Updated on: 15 Aug 2018

Examples: persevere in a Sentence

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Definition of persevere

persevered; persevering

intransitive verb

: to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement

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perseveringly

play \ˌpər-sə-ˈvir-iŋ-lē\ adverb

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Examples of persevere in a Sentence

She persevered in her studies and graduated near the top of her class.
Even though he was tired, he persevered and finished the race.

Recent Examples of persevere from the Web

What unfolds is partly a send-up of the art preparatory-patronage system in America and partly her own mock-heroic struggle to not just persevere but (spoiler alert) to triumph.

— kathleen hirsch, BostonGlobe.com, "A portrait of the artist as an older woman," 29 June 2018
Our Hoop Shoot basketball program trains kids to be resilient and persevere.

— richard a. marini, San Antonio Express-News, "12,000 Elks in S.A., not one fez. We find out why," 28 June 2018
There’s an African-American church in Indiana that persevered despite being torched again.

— randy dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor, "'The Bone and Sinew of the Land' restores a lost chapter of US history," 25 June 2018
Despite the constant hazards that have devastated coral reefs around the world, some coral communities have still managed to recover and persevere.

— National Geographic, "These 38 Coral Reefs Are Thriving, Despite Threats," 18 June 2018
Those preparations probably include plotting future terrorist operations and honing a system for persevering and disseminating the group's core ideas after the Islamic State ceases to exist as a caliphate.

— joby warrick and souad mekhennet, chicagotribune.com, "Clues suggest ISIS leader is still alive — and busy with a chilling new mission," 19 May 2018
Steps are being planned to help the whales persevere.

— New York Times, "Orcas of the Pacific Northwest Are Starving and Disappearing," 9 July 2018
But persevere, or skip ahead, to the expansive and mighty Fourth and Sixth Quartets and be rewarded with music of remarkable versatility and rhetorical power.

— joshua kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, "CD review: Elena Ruehr, String Quartets," 21 Mar. 2018
Enduring violence and daily humiliations, these nine persevered.

— New York Times, "Review: 9 Brave Students and the Shame of ‘Little Rock’," 2 July 2018

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Did You Know?

The early settlers of the New World persevered in the face of constant hardship and danger. The Pilgrims of Plymouth Plantation lost half their number in the first winter to disease and hunger, but their perseverance paid off, and within five years their community was healthy and self-sufficient. Perhaps more remarkable are all the solitary inventors who have persevered in pursuing their visions for years, lacking any financial support and laughed at by the public.