Definition of “obstinate”

An obstinate look settled about her mouth, erasing some of the humour.

But Shipman is more obstinate than that, and his legacy doesn't seem likely to end at a prison cell in Wakefield.

Faced with Belgrade's obstinate determination to accept the Paris agreement, Nato could no longer defer its action.

He knew from experience that if he opposed the suggestion too violently Nina would become more obstinate.

Labour's determination to sell off up to 60 per cent of the corporation was as bizarre as it was obstinate.

My obstinate silences piercing various parts of her body, causing wounds which would only be assuaged by her invisible night tears.

Now that Cheyenne has broken through'The Wall ', as the obstinate front became known, the sailing for the next few days looks good.

Of course, the price will need to improve and demands of the sometimes obstinate Nationals will need to be accommodated.

Presumably by the time he produced his second edition Bruce had realised why the `old people' had been so `unreasonably obstinate '.