How to Use tenacious in a Sentence

tenacious

adjective

• The company has a tenacious hold on the market.
• When is a time that being tenacious has bit you in the ass?
  — Justine Harman, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2018
• The weeds growing up the side of that bus shelter were tenacious.
  — Ali Smith, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
• The sky had turned a tenacious gray, the rain sheeting sideways.
  — Ann Patchett, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
• Jake Hedberg is the glue of our team and a tenacious defender.
  — oregonlive, 4 June 2021
• Fenway never gave up the lead, though, and used tenacious defense to set the tone.
  — Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2021
• Her memory, in the hearts of all who knew her, will be even more tenacious.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 2 Apr. 2020
• In their favor, the slippery-road traction of the new tires is much more tenacious.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 9 Feb. 2023
• The restaurant doesn’t even have a website, so only the most tenacious make their way here.
  — Paul Oswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2018
• It had been cut down to a few knotty stumps, but a bundle of tenacious shoots was erupting out of it.
  — Sonya Bennett-Brandt, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
• The tenacious king salmon will likely be coming back for many, many autumns to come.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2021
• Alex is a strong physical player that attacks the rim and can shoot from anywhere on the floor and is tenacious on the boards.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 9 Apr. 2020
• The kinds of people who are most effective in those realms are tenacious and scrappy.
  — Lucy Diavolo, Teen Vogue, 2 Nov. 2018
• One of the reasons why Houston is good on the road is because of their tenacious defense.
  — Nubyjas Wilborn | , al, 18 Mar. 2023
• Reichert advises them to be tenacious, work hard and stick with their craft.
  — Adriana Ramirez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2019
• The Howard home, though built to be unique and beautiful, was tenacious, too.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 11 Mar. 2021
• But the tenacious Angela doesn’t give up, even when her job may be in jeopardy.
  — Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Mar. 2021
• Be tenacious in your follow-up after you’ve sent the résumé.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
• His long wingspan and tenacious defense is what Richmond Heights will miss most the rest of the way.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 8 Mar. 2021
• Neither of his leads in the Boston heist is new, but the tenacious sleuth hopes the bigger reward will help.
  — Mike Corder, The Seattle Times, 27 June 2017
• All products have to be imported—from salt to brandy—thanks to a climate that kills even the most tenacious plants.
  — Nimrod Nir, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2018
• By then, Lowe was the tenacious survivor of a game in which most contestants get thrown off the island.
  — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2021
• Geist is best deployed as a tenacious and energetic role player off the bench.
  — Tod Palmer, kansascity, 19 May 2017
• The group was tenacious, disruptive, and for a time very effective.
  — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 2020
• In the past, when faced with a tenacious new competitor, Facebook might have tried to buy it out.
  — Tim De Chant, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2022
• Bonds built on pride of place create tenacious loyalty.
  — Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2023
• This is a tenacious weed, and more than one application may be needed.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 17 May 2018
• There’s the tenacious drive of a high school dropout, never caving to the work world’s long hours or lingering lessons.
  — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 May 2018
• Hubbard brings a tenacious style whether subbing in passing downs or kick inside.
  — Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• For as tenacious as Mark had to be throughout his stay on earth, he was never hardened.
  — Marina Gomberg, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024