How to Use stubborn in a Sentence
stubborn
adjective- She's wrong, but she's too stubborn to admit it.
- I admire his stubborn refusal to quit.
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Yet the strings still emerge from the dryer in a stubborn twist.
—Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 25 Oct. 2023
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The Nuggets are just stubborn, as the Clippers learned.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 7 May 2025
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Thus, the Panthers could be a bit stubborn down the stretch.
—Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2022
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The Dolphins have a right to be stubborn, and Howard has a right to be salty.
—Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Aug. 2021
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Kyle Lowry is many things, and stubborn is one of them.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2023
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Blast away stubborn stains all over your home with the help of the Bissell SteamShot.
—Wendy Vazquez, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2022
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Sticky ice packs for stubborn aches and pains Got a bruise or a sore spot?
—Sara Hendricks, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2020
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Ropes were then placed around the monolith, then chains, but the stubborn stone wouldn’t yield.
—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 3 June 2020
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Oh, blackheads—the tiny, stubborn dots that just won’t take a hint.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 4 Feb. 2025
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Its slant tip grabs hair from the root to removes stubborn or hard-to-reach hairs from the face and body.
—Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 27 Nov. 2020
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After, the tool is easy to empty and there was no need to pick any stubborn hairs off of the roller.
—Jodhaira Rodriguez, goodhousekeeping.com, 11 Apr. 2023
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Even the most stubborn makeup, dirt, or oil are no match for Good Cleanup.
—Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 14 Feb. 2023
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For stubborn stains, brush with a toothbrush and rinse.
—Heloise, Washington Post, 11 July 2020
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His stubborn insistence sent a message to the rest of the team.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2021
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While getting chances in the first half, Plainville’s stubborn defense kept the Knights in check.
—Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 9 Nov. 2022
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The important thing is not to put your head down and be stubborn.
—Sam Farmerstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2020
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The words stubborn and predictable stuck to him like plastic wrap.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
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Save the elbow grease and use a dryer sheet on the stubborn food residue instead.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2023
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Moore has now joined a long list of politicians who have learned that facts are a stubborn thing.
—Kevin Igoe, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2025
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Instead, the number 2020 has come to seem more like a stubborn curse.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 24 July 2021
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The easy way to remove stubborn chocolate stains from clothes.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara Julius Lasin usa Today, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
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In the past, some CEOs were very stubborn, very resistant to change.
—Spriha Srivastava, CNBC, 4 June 2025
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Again, the metal plate comes in handy for more stubborn wrinkles.
—Erinne Magee, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2023
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That’s surely enough time to get out those stubborn stains.
—Sarah Bogdan, Good Housekeeping, 19 Oct. 2020
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Sure enough, though a little stubborn, the door was, in fact, unlocked.
—Rachel King, Fortune, 11 July 2020
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What is stubborn and disciplined one day is too docile the next.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2021
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For Baxter and the stubborn Scot, this marked, at last, the reality of war’s end.
—Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
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But after years of stubborn refusal to compromise, the suspense is killing no one.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
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