Persists

Examples

• Yet that sentence which contained their wisdom about particular events has acquired an emotional force which persists long after the events have passed away. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Three-and-sixpence has been spent in vain--the screens retire to Miss Clapp's bedroom, who persists in thinking them lovely. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• If the visitor persists until Edison has seen both sides of the controversy, he is always willing to frankly admit that his own views may be unsound and that his opponent is right. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• At other times the unsettled condition persists, and his spleen is vented not only on the original instigator but upon others who may have occasion to see him, sometimes hours afterward. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He persists, too, in keeping all the provisions upstairs in his room, and serving them out. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It persists in flitting and chattering about town. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• So I should; only the dear Old Lady persists in leaving it for me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Working all night is seldom necessary, or until two or three o'clock in the morning, yet even now he persists in such tests upon his strength. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• But if that will is so weak and timid that a great evil like child labor persists to our shame we turn the responsibility over to the devil personified as a special interest. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I speak in the interest of my friend, as well as of Colonel Crawley, who persists in considering me his enemy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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