Adjective : a persevering student. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : unflagging faith that had persevered him. From Dictionary.com.
I have never ceased to admire the sheer guts of Michael and David in persevering with their vision. From Wordnik.com. [Ballardian » “Driven by Anger”: An Interview with Michael Butterworth (the Savoy interviews, part 1)] Reference
I can look back at our relationship and see that the more I was confident in persevering my dream, the more he was getting lost. From Wordnik.com. [Carole Bennett, MA: The Alcoholic/Addict's Art of Self Sabotage] Reference
For his efforts in persevering to reach the top of the shot putting world, Nelson is USATODAY. com's U.S. Olympic Athlete of the Week. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Athlete of the Week Nelson finds gold at last] Reference
Character can be defined as persevering in a worthy cause after the emotion that caused you to act has faded. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
The editor suggested that if a writer doesn't have a "voice," or a pleasing style, right out of the box, there's no point in persevering. From Wordnik.com. [Style in Fiction] Reference
Donner was described as persevering, resulting in becoming a wonderful young lady who they are proud to have as one of the Sharonsteel Scholars. From Wordnik.com. [Penn State Live] Reference
It's still incomplete, but yet it's the kind of persevering direction in which we -- in which we -- we are going. From Wordnik.com. [The Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society] Reference
Strahan's comment thanking about her 'persevering' suggests she might have struggled with writing anything this straightforward. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Starry Rift - Jonathan Strahan] Reference
Trustee Priscilla Schreiber praised Alpine residents for "persevering" in their quest for a high school. From Wordnik.com. [AroundTheCapitol.com] Reference
Bruce Carlson, president and founder of Carlson Software, congratulated all who attended for "persevering" in their businesses and jobs. From Wordnik.com. [GISuser - GIS and Geospatial Technology News] Reference
Nannie, but the persevering president interrupted her. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives] Reference
Some have come to skishing by persevering to become a prot. From Wordnik.com. [Swimming With the Fishes: Anglers Tangle Over 'Skishing'] Reference
Distasteful as their work can be, Fullard's team is persevering. From Wordnik.com. [Digging Up the Dirt] Reference
America has been imbued since its founding with a persevering spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Who Says Quitters Never Win?] Reference
You are ambitious, you are persevering, and you are willing to learn. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of a Boy Reporter] Reference
If I am energetic and persevering, I may grow rich or be elected to office. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
Sagacity, dependable friends, and knowledge acquired by persevering study. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
Any study can be mastered if the student is persevering and ordinarily intelligent. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887] Reference
I had taken it for granted that the persevering visitor was either a woman or a man. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Mr. Mackenzie was then astonishingly active, persevering, and intelligent, as he still is. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
The fact is, that book is a conspicuous illustration of industry -- patient, persevering toil. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
And how could we hope to escape a pursuit so determined and persevering as Arthur anticipated?. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
However, Jerry was a persevering individual, gifted with wondrous patience, an untiring teacher. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
Among their seniors up at al-Azhar are men of real learning and remarkably persevering scholarship. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
We would however tell her that her effort must be thorough, and that she must be patient and persevering. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
In vain I turned on my side; the persevering light, like a victorious enemy, pursued me into every position. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
If we cannot save a ship we can perhaps save a soul, if only we are patient, persevering, and filled with a loving and. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference
And they were persevering in the doctrine of the apostles and in the communication of the breaking of bread and in prayers. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 51: Acts The Challoner Revision] Reference
Watch Tony's advice on how to create your own "Breakthrough" and answer viewer questions about persevering through tough times. From Wordnik.com. [Did You Miss It? Watch The LIVE Video Event With Tony Robbins And HuffPost's Willow Bay (VIDEOS)] Reference
It was a bitter disappointment to the persevering man, who, having tried his luck in Prussia, emigrated definitively to Vienna. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He has been a man of strong and positive convictions and a persevering worker for the moral and spiritual uplift of his people. From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
But our colonists were sober, diligent, and persevering, and under their cheerful toil the wilderness was reduced to fruitful fields. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth: the Disinherited Daughter By E. Ben Ez-er] Reference
But every one of us can improve her conversation by persevering effort in the ways indicated, and can listen still to the best of talk. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
They were larger than the largest dog; long, gaunt limbs, small, and all muscle, and so persevering that every thing tired before them. From Wordnik.com. [The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West] Reference
He was plucky and persevering also, and he set to work with a will to gnaw, or unfasten, or "worry" open the tough knots which bound him. From Wordnik.com. [The Island House A Tale for the Young Folks] Reference
Chingachgook and Uncas profited by the interval to regain their wind, though Duncan continued to work with the most persevering industry. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
They may have had inborn genius; their natures may have been quick and active; but they could not avoid the necessity of persevering labor. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
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