How to Use obstinate in a Sentence

obstinate

adjective

• My parents remain as obstinate as ever.
• The Dems just want to be obstinate at the cost to America.
  — Fox News, 20 Apr. 2018
• So the White House will have to weigh whether Pruitt can still advance the ball for the Trump agenda against the obstinate questions about his ethics.
  — Umair Irfan, Vox, 12 Apr. 2018
• Ed remains obstinate, but the other guys keep them from coming to blows.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Nov. 2020
• Little is known about why Snyder is taking such an obstinate stance in the case of Sutton.
  — Vahe Gregorian, kansascity.com, 2 June 2017
• And those obstinate little gray bastards that sprung up all over my scalp needed to be evicted.
  — Donna Freydkin, Allure, 30 Oct. 2017
• When Kayla rode Tonka, the horse was still a bit obstinate and persnickety.
  — Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Apr. 2018
• And the obstinate idiosyncrasies of his music were at times judged even more harshly.
  — Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2020
• None of this is to say that Mr. Peltz isn’t a good investor, or that, in certain circumstances, obstinate companies don’t need change.
  — Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 17 July 2017
• As two tiny eyes peer out from beneath the shell, short tentacles tickle the air, revealing a certain obstinate charm.
  — Degen Pener, Los Angeles Magazine, 22 June 2018
• One irritating or obstinate writer can bring the entire machinery of a show to a halt.
  — Mike Reiss, WSJ, 25 May 2018
• In the end, the obstinate forces of tradition and inertia stymied the administration’s move from Bankova Street.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2019
• Fleming's Bond is often described as cold, but the novels do offer a glimpse of his inner life -- his sense of duty, his moral courage, his obstinate resilience.
  — Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, 14 July 2017
• Ever obstinate nearly two centuries after his death, Beethoven still won’t roll over.
  — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 8 June 2018
• The facetious old turn of phrase that identifies schooling with the three Rs – reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic – may express the most obstinate block to change in education.
  — Seymour Papert, WIRED, 1 Feb. 1993
• The quiet but obstinate determination of a man who has decided to stay behind forms the center of Mr. Laurent’s film.
  — Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2016
• Taureans may find their horns locked with fellow obstinate signs Leos and Aquarians.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 27 Oct. 2017
• All these gifts come with notes signed off with a smiley face, and an obstinate red bow that becomes something of an ominous symbol after the third successive casual drop-by.
  — Tom Philip, GQ, 25 Mar. 2018
• The process went smoothly until an obstinate 19th-century steamer trunk refused to open and reveal its insides.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 22 May 2018
• Doing good self-care is different than just being obstinate and willful.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 25 July 2019
• Her life, shuttling between two obstinate men, starts to seem unsustainable.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2018
• After all, those of us born under the fifth astrological sign are known for being passionate, obstinate, and unbending, with a taste for the finer things and just a touch of the imperious.
  — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 12 Nov. 2019
• Within 20 minutes, Lucy Dacus got me to take another look at my obstinate stance against the concept of unconditional love.
  — Allure, 24 Apr. 2019
• But Haley and Roethlisberger are the obstinate toddlers trying turning their heads every which way.
  — Ryan Wooden, ajc, 8 Oct. 2017
• Since the first cases here were diagnosed nearly five weeks ago, an obstinate equanimity has prevailed.
  — Arthur Longworth, The New York Review of Books, 12 Apr. 2020
• Since obstinate listing agents of this ilk do not care about their online reputation, your neighbor must hire a real estate attorney who does.
  — Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, 6 June 2019
• Amazingly, managing the end of the Cold War and the international coalition that forced Saddam out of Kuwait had turned out to be less soul-sapping than trying to negotiate, over and over, with the obstinate right wing of his own party.
  — Neil Swidey, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2018
• Her mom spoke of Erica’s fiery spirit, her obstinate, aggressive belief in herself and her choices, and her unyielding love for her father.
  — Angela Helm, The Root, 9 Jan. 2018
• Rodolfo was obstinate when Burbano first contacted him.
  — Jeneen Interlandi, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• Scientists can be sometimes too obstinate in resisting new theories.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024