How to Use stubborn in a Sentence

stubborn

adjective

• She's wrong, but she's too stubborn to admit it.
• I admire his stubborn refusal to quit.
• Yet the strings still emerge from the dryer in a stubborn twist.
  — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 25 Oct. 2023
• Thus, the Panthers could be a bit stubborn down the stretch.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2022
• The Dolphins have a right to be stubborn, and Howard has a right to be salty.
  — Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Aug. 2021
• Kyle Lowry is many things, and stubborn is one of them.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2023
• Blast away stubborn stains all over your home with the help of the Bissell SteamShot.
  — Wendy Vazquez, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2022
• After, the tool is easy to empty and there was no need to pick any stubborn hairs off of the roller.
  — Jodhaira Rodriguez, goodhousekeeping.com, 11 Apr. 2023
• Even the most stubborn makeup, dirt, or oil are no match for Good Cleanup.
  — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 14 Feb. 2023
• While getting chances in the first half, Plainville’s stubborn defense kept the Knights in check.
  — Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 9 Nov. 2022
• The words stubborn and predictable stuck to him like plastic wrap.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
• Save the elbow grease and use a dryer sheet on the stubborn food residue instead.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2023
• Instead, the number 2020 has come to seem more like a stubborn curse.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 24 July 2021
• The easy way to remove stubborn chocolate stains from clothes.
  — Jane Onyanga-Omara Julius Lasin usa Today, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
• Again, the metal plate comes in handy for more stubborn wrinkles.
  — Erinne Magee, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2023
• The right owner and a stubborn push probably could find a way.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
• The opener is made of plastic and metal and is durable enough to withstand the most stubborn of stuck lids.
  — Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Mar. 2024
• No more struggling with a brush or comb that gets stuck in those stubborn tangles!
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
• Salt And Oil Some cooks like to use coarse salt to remove stubborn messes on cast iron.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
• Never let stubborn facts get in the way of a handy one-size-fits-all narrative.
  — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
• Kelsey Hansen Go after stubborn stains and grime with the extra power of your drill.
  — Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2022
• The rebuild the Hawks tried to put behind them this season is clinging to them like stubborn lint.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
• But the prospects for cuts have slowly been dimming, jolted by stubborn inflation in the first two months of the year.
  — Joe Rennison, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• Why has the network, which again is like a mirror on the league, been stubborn in not wanting to repair the issue?
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
• And the friction between M and L is as constant as that between a stubborn match and its box.
  — Rebekah Denn, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2021
• The United States will struggle against teams that bank up, that play a low blocks (defense), that are stubborn.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2023
• But many of those same Republicans fear the stubborn and loud Trump base.
  — Jill Filipovic, CNN, 16 Feb. 2023
• Some of the most stubborn wrinkles to target are those small lines that develop right in the corner of our eyes.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 2 Mar. 2023
• Inflation is proving to be stubborn as the Fed tries to wring out the last percentage point of improvement to get inflation down to 2%.
  — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
• For really stubborn bits, try baking soda instead of soap.
  — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 1 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 1 Feb 2025