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
• 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
• Western and Lebanese officials have expressed concern during the past months over the slow pace of negotiations aimed at resolving the border dispute — held up by Hezbollah and Israeli intransigence.
  — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 23 June 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024