Adjective : a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits. ,a tenacious memory. From Dictionary.com.
The way Sarah distorts her positions like on the Bridge to Nowhere and earmarks, that's the kind of tenaciousness of Rose's character. From Wordnik.com. [Avery Corman: Sarah Palin To Replace Patti Lupone in Gypsy?] Reference
It seems, we have underestimated Irish tenaciousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Irish Question reappears] Reference
Some people call it meanness, some call it tenaciousness, whatever. From Wordnik.com. [The Quest]
Iran has taken the world by storm in its bravery and tenaciousness. From Wordnik.com. [Global Voices in English » Arab World: “Iran is a Democratic Dictatorship”] Reference
If sheer tenaciousness can win this - she's got that by the boatload. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary's Big Fundraiser Tonight Starring Elton John Will Bring In $2.5 Million] Reference
But "tenaciousness and perseverance -- there's no substitute for it.". From Wordnik.com. [The Other Women to Watch] Reference
I think his tenaciousness and experience would serve the district well. From Wordnik.com. [Waldman for AD 40 in '08? Talk about an early start.] Reference
And you don't know the spirit that this woman had and the tenaciousness that she had. From Wordnik.com. [Cox Introducing President At Health Express Event] Reference
The tenaciousness of flowers is not known; their hardihood is not sufficiently admired. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 353, January 24, 1829] Reference
Now that you and your wife split the Party because of her selfishness (not tenaciousness!). From Wordnik.com. [Bill Clinton: This could be the 'last day'] Reference
With a tenaciousness that took Pitt's breath away, Cassy clasped him in an intense embrace. From Wordnik.com. [Invasion]
Yet again, the skeptics have received proof that his works are amazingly full of tenaciousness. From Wordnik.com. [A WRITER FOR ALL TIMES] Reference
Pannu I admire for his ability to command respect and dignity, and Blakeman for her tenaciousness. From Wordnik.com. [our qp adventure.] Reference
Their survival instincts combined with their tenaciousness gave them the characteristics I observed. From Wordnik.com. [BLACK FIRE] Reference
But fear not, we are relentless, tenaciousness, and our perserverance and all that will WIN OUT IN THE END. From Wordnik.com. [Liz Cheney open to running for office] Reference
That was an ordeal in itself and took much rangling and tenaciousness with Apple Care to get an appointment. From Wordnik.com. [iMac G5 Meltdown] Reference
Were you surprised at the tenacity -- the tenaciousness with which the Miami relatives pursued this in court?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Attorney General Reno Comments on Elian Gonzalez's Return to Cuba - June 29, 2000] Reference
The Cardinal had all the Italian vivacity and impatience; Don Louis all the Spanish phlegm and tenaciousness. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman] Reference
Kevin, I have to begrudgingly admire your tenaciousness to keep posting long after everybody has told you to quit. From Wordnik.com. [Rotting from the Bottom Up: Whither the Entry-Level Road Group?] Reference
"Kevin, I have to begrudgingly admire your tenaciousness to keep posting long after everybody has told you to quit". From Wordnik.com. [Rotting from the Bottom Up: Whither the Entry-Level Road Group?] Reference
Mention his tenaciousness and Clemens gives you an answer fuzzier than anything you'd hear in a presidential debate. From Wordnik.com. [Yanks' Clemens is a throwback] Reference
PATRICK LEAHY (D) VERMONT: We (INAUDIBLE) recognize thanks to Marla's tenaciousness that civilian casualties need to be counted. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 15, 2005] Reference
He gritted his teeth and tried once more for supremacy but Chiisai held on, twisting the blade, with a tenaciousness that balked him. From Wordnik.com. [beneath an opal moon]
These lines express the unreasonable tenaciousness of "the woman"; at the same time, like a nursery rhyme, they're just plain fun to read. From Wordnik.com. [A Close Read] Reference
But survive it has, and its existence speaks to a tenaciousness that lurks, paradoxically, beneath the ever changing surface of urban life. From Wordnik.com. [‘Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville’] Reference
"Certainly, sir, you are gifted with tenaciousness," cried the captain. From Wordnik.com. [The Waif of the "Cynthia"] Reference
This importunity is nothing but the stiffness and tenaciousness of faith. From Wordnik.com. [WWW.KEVINSTILLEY.COM is our new web home ... please visit us there.] Reference
'Nothing is less wonderful, Spurius, than the obstinacy and tenaciousness of error?'. From Wordnik.com. [Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century] Reference
Microsoft's competitive position is at best tenuous at a time when it needs tenaciousness. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
Bergeron was excited about the switch, saying he likes Sturm's quickness and tenaciousness. From Wordnik.com. [NHL.com Feature Stories]
What others will say is that Waxman will bring his trademark tenaciousness to his new post. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
Prodigies of valour, audacity, and tenaciousness were displayed by the citizens in these wars. From Wordnik.com. [Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution] Reference
Mark -- It's tenaciousness that sets apart those who complain vs. those who make change happen. From Wordnik.com. [ON: Digital+Marketing] Reference
He had seized my name in a moment and held it for three seconds with all the tenaciousness of a Hohenzollern. From Wordnik.com. [Further Foolishness] Reference
At the same time, Scott's success as a businessman and tenaciousness is what compels him to run for governor, Arnold said. From Wordnik.com. [naplesnews.com Stories] Reference
He tried to free himself of that thought, but it clung to him with a tenaciousness that oppressed him with a grim and ugly foreboding. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Snare] Reference
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