: marked by stubborn determination
a dogged competitor
dogged devotion
doggedly
adverb
doggedness
noun
Examples of dogged in a Sentence
Her dogged efforts eventually paid off.
a dogged pursuit of power
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War Horse Year: 2011 Runtime: 2h 26m Easily mocked — most notably in a clever Saturday Night Live sketch — this film is hokey and overly earnest yet still pretty much works, thanks to a committed British cast and Spielberg’s dogged mythmaking.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 20 June 2025
The alderman acknowledged the frustration of the dogged former parishioners who want St. Adalbert’s to reopen as a Catholic church.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
The 29-year-old is still a dogged forechecker, a pain to play against, and the kind of Nino Niederreiter-plus middle-six play driver Winnipeg needs — especially if Ehlers signs elsewhere.
—Scott Powers, New York Times, 14 June 2025
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june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
War Horse Year: 2011 Runtime: 2h 26m Easily mocked — most notably in a clever Saturday Night Live sketch — this film is hokey and overly earnest yet still pretty much works, thanks to a committed British cast and Spielberg’s dogged mythmaking.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 20 June 2025
The alderman acknowledged the frustration of the dogged former parishioners who want St. Adalbert’s to reopen as a Catholic church.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
The 29-year-old is still a dogged forechecker, a pain to play against, and the kind of Nino Niederreiter-plus middle-six play driver Winnipeg needs — especially if Ehlers signs elsewhere.
—Scott Powers, New York Times, 14 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for dogged
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“Dogged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dogged. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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