How to Use intransigence in a Sentence

intransigence

noun
  • In part, the lack of progress stems from the intransigence of the two sides.
    Asher Orkaby, Foreign Affairs, 11 July 2023
  • But now Morgan seemed to be the only one who could end the coal barons’ intransigence.
    Susan Berfield, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 July 2020
  • That wasn't to be, in large part because of the intransigence of some of those tea party members.
    Z. Byron Wolf, CNN, 11 Apr. 2018
  • If that intransigence lasts, Phase 1 could keep setting trade rules for years to come.
    Keith Bradsher, Star Tribune, 27 May 2021
  • The party is left mulling the way forward, given the intransigence of Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.
    Grace Segers, The New Republic, 20 Jan. 2022
  • To be fair, largely through Chinese intransigence, but the result is the same.
    CBS News, 16 Mar. 2022
  • That hope, along with fury at the intransigence of their president, is what drew thousands out to the streets Thursday.
    Aurelien Breeden, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Napoleon was surprised about the pope’s intransigence, as both Protestants and Jews had agreed to abide by Napoleon’s vision, which placed the state at the center of things.
    Zenger News, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Use that, and your five-year lead time, to be thoughtful and proactive about what your husband’s intransigence means — and doesn’t mean — for you.
    Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
  • All failed, torpedoed by the intransigence of one side or the other.
    Ivan Nechepurenko Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Aren’t some kinds of black intransigence also helping to bring it on?
    Norman Mailer, Daily Intelligencer, 30 June 2017
  • With the naming of Anchorage, the Postal Service’s intransigence won the day.
    David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2021
  • On balance, this is a win for Comer, who stuck to his guns and overcame FBI intransigence.
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 2 June 2023
  • And so, the intransigence of Customs and Border Patrol was met with more protests on Sunday.
    Kia Makarechi, vanityfair.com, 29 Jan. 2017
  • Pre-deal, excess belief bias can lead to intransigence, even in the face of counter-evidence.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
  • But the politics are tricky, and in the world of lobbying, there’s plenty of money in intransigence.
    Haley Sweetland Edwards, Time, 22 May 2018
  • But their intransigence on this question is killing them.
    Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 8 Sep. 2017
  • For those who challenge Biden’s intransigence, the question is, can it be overcome?
    Candy Woodall, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2024
  • The intransigence of such zero-sum disputes is a reminder of why win-win fantasies are so attractive in the first place.
    Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 8 June 2024
  • Philonise Floyd urged Congress to cut through its intransigence.
    Washington Post, 25 May 2021
  • The intransigence could add to House Democrats’ legal workload.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Both sides blame each other for intransigence, though there is a shared sense that none of the parties were properly prepared.
    CNN, 26 Aug. 2021
  • The intransigence of that trope makes the new wave of depictions all the more important to reducing stigma.
    Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Xi’s intransigence in recent months has added fuel to the protesters’ fire and threatened his grip on the party.
    Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Dench is not amused by the streaming service’s intransigence.
    Lynn Elber, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Each side spent much of 2023 accusing the other of intransigence.
    Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2024
  • After more than 70 years of intransigence, one of the most stubborn numbers in math has finally budged.
    Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2020
  • And, yes, some of their intransigence sounds like defiance.
    Victoria Bekiempis, Curbed, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The tragic result was that the immigrants were victims of their own intransigence.
    John Gurda, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2021
  • This intransigence has helped India catch up with the United States in terms of total infections.
    New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020

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