How to Use adamant in a Sentence

adamant

adjective
  • We've tried to talk him into coming with us, but he's adamant about staying here.
  • The brand is adamant to keep the focus only on the pore part.
    Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Amy was adamant about making sure the girls were girls.
    Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 July 2016
  • Newsom has been adamant that the era of diesel trains must end.
    Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Stanley was adamant that the looks were good, the looks were just off.
    J.l. Kirven, The Indianapolis Star, 18 May 2021
  • Plus, the team seems adamant about not putting too much on his plate.
    Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Sang said her mom is adamant about how the dish is prepared.
    Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2022
  • And that’s why the city council was so adamant about getting the kids off the streets.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 20 Mar. 2020
  • The group is also adamant that the show will not take place over Zoom.
    New York Times, 18 Apr. 2021
  • The Swiss bank is adamant there will be no more cuts to trading.
    Paul J. Davies, WSJ, 14 Feb. 2019
  • Goucher was adamant that none of this was the athletes’ fault.
    Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Hastings had for years been adamant about not putting ads on the platform.
    Frank Pallotta, CNN, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Kim has been adamant that this team needs to learn to adapt in order to improve.
    Sean Collins, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2020
  • He’s one of the pokey project’s most adamant opponents.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Chase has been adamant -- no more overnights in the hospital.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Angelos has long been adamant that the team will remain in the city for decades to come.
    Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2023
  • But Sanan was adamant that Lee knew nothing of the fraud.
    Madeline Buckley, chicagotribune.com, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Grieb founded his own firm and was adamant about keeping just one name on the door.
    Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2018
  • The trouble is that one of my daughters is adamant about not wanting to meet him.
    Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Luke and Adri were adamant the guide did nothing wrong.
    Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2019
  • Wiggins has so far been adamant about his decision to avoid the shot.
    Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Colthurst was adamant that Diana was speaking the truth.
    Town & Country, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Reagan was adamant about standing up to trade cheaters.
    WSJ, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The women in the community were so adamant and unique with their age.
    Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Randle is adamant that one detail not be on the marker.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2021
  • The president has been adamant saying there is no there there.
    ABC News, 22 Jan. 2023
  • But de Armas is adamant that the only way out was through.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Many experts remain adamant that the virus is airborne.
    Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Nungesser was adamant that Daigle had to be featured this year.
    Keith Spera, NOLA.com, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The guy is adamant that some of his stuff is missing, so my cousin calls around to find out what happened.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2020

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