How to Use persist in a Sentence

persist

verb

• If the pain persists, see a doctor.
• Must you persist in making that noise?
• She had turned him down for a date before, but he persisted and asked her again.
• If you persist with this behavior, you will be punished.
• Doubts about the defendant's story have persisted for some time now.
• Rumors persist that they are dating.
• The reporter persisted with his questioning.
• If the drought persists, who’s going to feel it the most?
  — Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2024
• But why does this obsession with the wardrobes of the wealthy persist?
  — Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 7 May 2023
• If spots persist, use a non-scratch scrub sponge or grout brush to scrub the spots away.
  — Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2023
• Some weirdness will persist—and yet the weirdos will be gone.
  — Sheon Han, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2024
• Through tonight: Variably cloudy skies should persist through the night.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
• Taste: The oak takes up more space here, though the peaches also persist.
  — Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
• Clear skies that ruled the day should persist into the night with only a couple of high clouds here and there.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2024
• The thing that Marie had fought so hard against, that stigma, persisted.
  — Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2023
• Of all the artifacts that persist in the face of new technology, the globe may be strangest.
  — Michael O’Donnell, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
• In the eyes of Meeks and her colleagues, those same stigmas persist in the medical field.
  — John Loeppky, Verywell Health, 3 May 2024
• Totals will range from a tenth of an inch to four-tenths of an inch across the valleys as showers persist through the night.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2022
• But how did those organisms persist long enough to see the world through to better days?
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
• And yet there’s no way to know how long these barriers can persist.
  — Raja Shehadeh, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
• Though her injuries healed, her pain persists, the trial brief says.
  — Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
• As long as the Lakers keep LeBron, the losing formula will persist and lead to more of the same.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2024
• Although the storm threat ends, showers or light rain could persist into the late evening.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023
• Tonight: Mostly cloudy conditions persist from the evening through the overnight.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2022
• If the stain persists, dab a small amount of clear, grease-cutting dish detergent.
  — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2023
• The effects have persisted over the two years since the stimulation has been turned on.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
• Still, Michaelis’s feeling of guilt and self-loathing persisted.
  — Laurie Udesky, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
• Snow is expected to start around 8 a.m. and persist until the late hours of Thursday night.
  — Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
• But habits can persist even if their outcome stops being pleasing.
  — Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
• That said, if the problem persists even after a new furnace filter is installed, the issue may be due to a failing blower motor.
  — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Jan 2025