How to Use perseverance in a Sentence

perseverance

noun
  • Perseverance is required to perfect just about any skill.
  • His perseverance was rewarded: after many rejections, he finally found a job.
  • In the end, there is a lot to be said for perseverance.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The bus stops, at the end of a day of work, are both signs of the problems and the perseverance.
    New York Times, 19 July 2022
  • What are some of your tips for perseverance when the chips are stacked against you?
    New York Times, 18 Apr. 2018
  • This is a movie about perseverance and love and faith and endurance.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Aaliyah and her artistry live on as a symbol of perseverance.
    Julian Kimble, Essence, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The hard work and perseverance appears to be paying off.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 2 Sep. 2020
  • To me, the song sounded full of struggle and perseverance.
    Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 15 June 2022
  • This pandemic has shown one thing about us along with the rest of the world — perseverance.
    Sara Kinney, ExpressNews.com, 10 June 2020
  • But fitness, strength and perseverance in the face of fatigue alone are not enough to win.
    New York Times, 16 Feb. 2018
  • The belief that your sheer perseverance and hard work will get you the result sets you up for failure in the long term.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Patience and perseverance go a long way in the world of freelancing.
    Micah Iverson, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Patience may be a virtue, but perseverance is the key to success.
    Kyla L. Wright, Freep.com, 18 May 2021
  • That perseverance through injury has gained the respect of those around the program.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Those who have the perseverance to look can observes this in many sectors over there.
    Willy Shih, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Their story is one of perseverance and – for many – of progress against these head winds.
    Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2021
  • This is a metaphor for perseverance in the face of nearly certain defeat.
    Avi Selk, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2018
  • This sense of perseverance extends to her feeling on this dumpster fire of a year.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2020
  • The road to the American dream was supposed to be built on perseverance and hard work.
    Fortune, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Passion and perseverance are the starting points for grit.
    Ella Bell Smith, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2020
  • My goal is to share this with people and be an example of perseverance and hard work.
    Paola Juárez, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2023
  • His rise through the ranks has been one of passion and perseverance, friends and family.
    Mike Bianchi, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 May 2018
  • The past year can be considered a study of human perseverance and love.
    Wojciech Delikta, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2023
  • That's part of the perseverance required of us as performers is to pick yourself up and move on.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 2 June 2022
  • Flee is a story of extreme perseverance and hope where all hope seems lost.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2021
  • The importance of perseverance is an old sports cliché.
    The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2019
  • Their perseverance appeared to have paid off, with just a minute remaining on the clock.
    SI.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Building it up again is going to take that same perseverance.
    Greg Levinsky, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2019
  • So #blessed to have spent the last few years on the road with them and inspired by their courage, perseverance, strength, and kindness.
    Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 20 Feb. 2018

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