tenacity

[ US /təˈnæsɪti/ ]
[ UK /tɛnˈæsɪti/ ]
NOUN
  1. persistent determination
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How To Use tenacity In A Sentence

  • You need a lot of tenacity and entrepreneurial skill and the ability to network with a lot of different people. Times, Sunday Times
  • Whatever you might think about the man, his morals, or his use of drugs, you have to admire his tenacity in the face of illness.
  • Today's Signa and Vectra hold the road with an accuracy and tenacity alien to their ancestors, making them good fun to drive.
  • You need tenacity, persistence and a thick skin. Times, Sunday Times
  • She succeeded by virtue of her tenacity rather than her talent.
  • Today he cites his father's 'stamina and tenacity' as his defining qualities. Times, Sunday Times
  • I ask you to cherish her unbridled passion for ideas and to tolerate her tenacity in following questions to satisfying conclusions.
  • The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.
  • Obviously threatened by our tenacity, the owner called his goons, five men, and grabbed my friend (a woman) as she approached the counter with another question.
  • Make a virtue of your tenacity, or overwhelmingly feel that life is too short? Times, Sunday Times
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