Persisting can be categorized as a verb.
Adjective |
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| persisting - relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit; "impossible to escape the dogging fears" | ||
Verb |
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| persist - stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up" | ||
| persist - be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions" | ||
| persist - continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures" |
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| 1. | verb | Once more / a limber sapling from the soil I tore; / once more, persisting, I resolved in mind / with inmost search the causes to explore / and probe the mystery that lurked behind; / dark drops of blood once more come trickling from the rind. | |
| 2. | verb | WHO’s director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, Kate O’Brien warns measles outbreaks are not just persisting, but are increasing. | |
| 3. | verb | You should persist in your efforts to learn English. | |
| 4. | verb | The anthropologist says odd customs do persist in the region. | |
| 5. | verb | If you persist in bothering her like that, she'll lose her temper. | |
| 6. | verb | He intended to persist in his silence. | |
| 7. | verb | I persist in my popularity. | |
| 8. | verb | There is also one type of idealism that says even without strength or intelligence you can do anything if you can merely persist. | |
| 9. | verb | On the bottle it says that I should consult my doctor if symptoms persist. | |
| 10. | verb | Why persist in writing essays if one has not even mastered the art of writing succinct sentences? | |
| 11. | verb | We intend to persist. | |
| 12. | verb | Tom, I don't care what happens in the future, because as long as you persist and go through life with enthusiasm and ebullience, you will reap success. | |
| 13. | verb | To err is human, but to persist in error is diabolical. | |
| 14. | verb | To err is human, but to persist is diabolical. | |
| 15. | verb | To err is human, to persist is diabolical. |
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| Once more / a limber sapling from the soil I tore; / once more, persisting, I resolved in mind / with inmost search the causes to explore / and probe the mystery that lurked behind; / dark drops of blood once more come trickling from the rind. | |
| WHO’s director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, Kate O’Brien warns measles outbreaks are not just persisting, but are increasing. | |
| You should persist in your efforts to learn English. | |
| The anthropologist says odd customs do persist in the region. | |
| If you persist in bothering her like that, she'll lose her temper. | |
| He intended to persist in his silence. | |
| I persist in my popularity. | |
| There is also one type of idealism that says even without strength or intelligence you can do anything if you can merely persist. | |
| On the bottle it says that I should consult my doctor if symptoms persist. | |
| Why persist in writing essays if one has not even mastered the art of writing succinct sentences? | |
| We intend to persist. | |
| Tom, I don't care what happens in the future, because as long as you persist and go through life with enthusiasm and ebullience, you will reap success. | |
| To err is human, but to persist in error is diabolical. | |
| To err is human, but to persist is diabolical. | |
| To err is human, to persist is diabolical. | |