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.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• That approach has persisted throughout Biden’s first term, even as the threat from covid eased.
  — Aaron Schaffer, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
• The question that persists is whether a legacy like his can be tainted by a flawed final act.
  — Longreads, 7 Apr. 2023
• None of those things are likely to happen any time soon, which suggests that the conflict will persist.
  — Afshon Ostovar, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2024
• Weather Prepare for a chance of showers, persisting through the evening, with temps near 60.
  — James Barron, New York Times, 1 May 2023
• That proved impossible to achieve, but the idea of a target persists in Tory ranks.
  — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2023
• The memes and skits distract from the severity of his crimes and the ongoing dialogue about why abuse persists today.
  — Susan Akyeampong, refinery29.com, 17 Oct. 2024
• These residents are still without power But the strain persists.
  — Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024