Adjective : a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits. ,a tenacious memory. From Dictionary.com.
They may bargain tenaciously but the last thing they'll do is take a position that could jeopardize jobs. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Labor peace achieved, but the wounds run deep] Reference
She holds to the principle as tenaciously as ever. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
American golfers have defended the Open hardware tenaciously. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Almost A Choker] Reference
Indeed, as I noted earlier, we must pursue the Taliban tenaciously. From Wordnik.com. [Petraeus issues new rules on use of force] Reference
It is the people with fewest ideas that cling to them most tenaciously. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Business Etiquette] Reference
Now he holds on tenaciously, the lightning reflects his dangling figure. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
But the vine proved as strong as a new clothesline, and held tenaciously. From Wordnik.com. [Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot] Reference
That hand, by the way, still tenaciously grasped the invaluable sixpence. From Wordnik.com. [My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself.] Reference
He clung tenaciously to his pet scheme and to such effect that in 1896 a German. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
Yet, even so, his thoughts clung tenaciously to the necessity of his departure. From Wordnik.com. [The Triflers] Reference
I then realized how tenaciously they clung to the warmth - and light-giving bulb. From Wordnik.com. [The Chicken Chronicles] Reference
In 40 years of service in the U.S. Senate, he fought tenaciously for Alaska's future. From Wordnik.com. [Ted Stevens' death: Washington reacts] Reference
Chairman of the Committee on Reconstruction, contends for and hangs so tenaciously to. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States] Reference
Across the street, dug tenaciously into the earth is the Plowboy Motel and Outdoor Pool. From Wordnik.com. [Go Ahead] Reference
Or do we cling tenaciously to our own, insisting that they are the only good and right ones?. From Wordnik.com. [Have We No Rights? A frank discussion of the "rights" of missionaries] Reference
The creature will defend itself viciously and will hold on tenaciously with its strong jaws. From Wordnik.com. [Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot] Reference
Both reached the top of the end-board with their outstretched hands, and gripped tenaciously. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference
Red Guards, realizing the strategic value of this road fought tenaciously for every verst of it. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919] Reference
The President enlarged fully upon this vital subject and has adhered to his opinions tenaciously. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
The fellow struggled furiously, but Tom managed to get a good hold on him, and kept it tenaciously. From Wordnik.com. [Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold] Reference
The pericarp is impregnated with a white viscous fluid, which adheres very tenaciously to the fingers. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
All they saw was a darky soldier clinging tenaciously to his life, and the agony of that darky's father. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
In fact they lay for over a week in the swamp hanging tenaciously to their position but unable to advance. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919] Reference
These clung tenaciously to their position throughout the day, even after all their ammunition was exhausted. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
The dogged struggle against the blind forces of Nature was waged tenaciously and perseveringly for centuries. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
Consequently we must have ideals, we must cling tenaciously to these ideals, and, "We must know what we want.". From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
But there are some who still hold tenaciously to the orthodox faith, and are quick to resent any departure from it. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
Oh sure, I lost weight (never enough) and it inevitably tracked me down and adhered to me more tenaciously than ever. From Wordnik.com. [Discrimination At Large] Reference
I welcome the information and, in fact, wish I'd been courted so tenaciously when it was my time to consider schools. From Wordnik.com. [Have tough times prompted colleges to ease application fees?] Reference
But self's tendrils, though small, are tenaciously tough, and twine into so many corners and around some hidden things. From Wordnik.com. [Quiet Talks on Power] Reference
Saddam Hussein clings tenaciously to power, and last week his soldiers were once again moving to put down Kurdish rebels. From Wordnik.com. [One Year Later] Reference
The missionary replies, holding tenaciously to his umbrella, "That may be true; but I fear they will be waiting me at home.". From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
He slowly gropes and stumbles, while tenaciously turning his soul's blind orbs toward this dimly glimmering yet hopeful ray. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
But the friars, to the last, held tenaciously to their old monopoly; hence the University, the High Schools, and the Colleges. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
The varied levels of floors in the "front" and "back" buildings has been tenaciously adhered to by the designers of each generation. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
Here for some time the rebels had besieged the corrugated iron huts of the mining company, in which a handful of men held out tenaciously. From Wordnik.com. [The Mission of Janice Day] Reference
Little by little the story was untangled, while the monkey still tenaciously clung to Peace's neck and wide-eyed Glen hung onto her skirts. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
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