How to Use intransigent in a Sentence

intransigent

adjective

• He has remained intransigent in his opposition to the proposal.
• But truck drivers are also the most intransigent lovers of oil and gas.
  — James Morris, Forbes, 22 May 2021
• From above, the light of an intransigent sun falls on the creosote bush, the coyotillo, the cat’s claw.
  — Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
• As a result, some of the more intransigent managers have run into a whole host of issues.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2023
• The leaders of the two countries are both hasty, intransigent, and not very well informed about the other side’s goals.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
• The city bureaucracy, tangled up in its own red tape, is intransigent in granting waivers.
  — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 17 June 2021
• Others argue that hearts and minds would have proved more intransigent without their pyrotechnics.
  — The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
• This would allow an intransigent senator could push final passage of the one-week bill into the weekend.
  — Mike Debonis, Jeff Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2020
• Today, those shouts have only become louder and more widespread, and the regime’s response more intransigent.
  — Kian Tajbakhsh, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2022
• Among the intransigent nobles is Gawain’s own father, and Gawain sides with Arthur to defeat him.
  — Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
• Trump has proved irascibly intransigent on the world stage, even (or especially) with allies.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2019
• Russia understands this—its goal will be to paint Ukraine as intransigent, providing a pretext to stall talks.
  — Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
• Refusing to accept principled arguments about equal power will paint you as intransigent and may cost you the deal.
  — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• This seemingly intransigent problem now has a solution, thanks to a team led by Rudich and Römer.
  — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 May 2026
• To some, that may sound like Sweeney taking an intransigent approach to a pillar of the organization for a decade and a half.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
• Normally this would be found in the law and the courts but, when faced with severe and intransigent injustice, resistance is that recourse.
  — TheWeek, 12 Apr. 2020
• But poor weather as well as intransigent Russian authorities have stood in the way of getting the counting done.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2015
• When members of some more intransigent sects pelted the soldiers with rocks and eggs, they were forcefully restrained by members of some of the more moderate sects.
  — New York Times, 25 Feb. 2021
• The vociferous support from fellow skippers and against the intransigent rule is testament to that.
  — Jonquil Hackenberg, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
• Cartoon by Karl Stevens Even at his most intransigent, Zak welcomed debate.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2021
• Cartoon by Karl Stevens Even at his most intransigent, Zak welcomed debate.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
• His writ included the warring states of the former Yugoslavia, which were led by intransigent men waging a genocidal war.
  — Thomas Powers, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2019
• But on the other, a little less of the spotlight could help intransigent lawmakers come to terms on the thorniest legislative issue before them.
  — Paige Winfield Cunningham, Washington Post, 18 May 2017
• Biden’s team did learn from Franklin Roosevelt, who also faced an intransigent predecessor, albeit not one who sought to overturn an election.
  — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2021
• And the Chinese government has proved similarly intransigent in the face of Biden’s pressure.
  — Peter E. Harrell, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
• Trump could end his indulgent policies soon, especially if Putin continues to be intransigent.
  — Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
• But a law that would please Trump, Jeff Sessions, and the more intransigent members of his own party could hurt Ryan, who’s up for re-election next year.
  — Sarah Jones, New Republic, 6 Sep. 2017
• The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Hamas announcement could be a ruse to make Israel appear intransigent.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
• The other band members were gracious and discreet, but enough was said to leave the impression of a faintly aristocratic Reed who was graceless and intransigent.
  — Ian Penman, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• In Montgomery, the civil-rights leader spoke of the intransigent optimism that had led activists to fight for change, in the face of skepticism about what could actually be achieved.
  — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2022