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Definition of tenacity:

  • (noun) persistent determination

Sentence Examples:

Brittle substances also have much tenacity.

Walter's tenacity of purpose was remarkable.

His tenacity of purpose was marked.

His tenacity had its due reward.

His tenacity took her breath away.

Tenacity to our convictions is deeply rooted.

She was a person of enormous tenacity.

They have a wonderful tenacity of purpose.

Give the comparative tenacity of various substances.

It is only a question of their tenacity.

Perhaps his tenacity excited her admiration.

His most striking characteristic was tenacity.

The blue jaws suggested courage and tenacity.

Their tenacity of life was most striking.

Rodney here showed thorough tenacity of purpose.

He held to them with dogged tenacity.

How wonderful is the tenacity of nature.

Tenacity was one of his strong points.

It has shown great tenacity in defense.

Great is the tenacity of human life!

This he clung to with great tenacity.

Is there much tenacity in brittle substances?

It is not a question of tenacity or courage.

Tenacity and nerve are other valuable assets.

She clung to Rose with a ferocious tenacity.

It had been the same tenacity of hold.

Give me a woman for tenacity of purpose!

His muscles exhibited remarkable proofs of tenacity.

You are a person of prodigious tenacity of purpose.

There was great tenacity in Harry's character.

In him energy was wedded with tenacity.

One can't help admiring this wonderful tenacity.

Who knows, since seeds have such tenacity?

Moreover, he had extraordinary tenacity and enthusiasm.

The metal will adhere with remarkable tenacity.

His tenacity continued to do him good service.

Still he had to admire the Colonel's tenacity.

He is possessed of grim determination and tenacity.

He argued with quiet tenacity for his convictions.

It is noted for its tenacity of life.

He was a man of tenacity and perseverance.

Altogether the tenacity of an asylum is prodigious.

Turnbull almost groaned as he remembered his tenacity.

Henry crossed also and hung on with tenacity.

This he did with admirable tenacity of purpose.

To this he had clung with grim tenacity.

It had lost tenacity; it would not define.

How is the comparative tenacity of substances ascertained?

There is nothing surprising in this extraordinary tenacity.

This was a harsh proof of human tenacity.

With marvelous tenacity he held to his purpose.

It possesses a great degree of tenacity and strength.

A tenacity such as this seemed to her malignant.

The same curious tenacity was apparent in his ideas.

I trusted my very life to your loyal tenacity.

It is a sign of obstinate and powerful tenacity.

The tenacity of one of these patriarchs is wonderful.

This tenacity was a peculiar feature of his character.

Tenacity does not exist at all in gaseous substances.

You have no gifts for martyrdom but wooden tenacity.

Then we find its tenacity and its entanglement.

They claimed that position now with haughty tenacity.

The dog had shown this same horrible tenacity.

Yet they clung with tenacity to their pride.

Sir Wilton's merit was his tenacity of purpose.

The tenacity of his affections was very remarkable.

Certainly her tenacity of purpose was not feeble.

It climbs readily and grasps with great tenacity.

They cling about the mind with fatal tenacity.

The Purpose and Tenacity books insist on it.

"And by your tenacity, I'm sure you'll become one."

He could scarcely realize so much determination and tenacity.

This precious count has a wonderful tenacity of life.

It promotes skill of hand and tenacity of muscle.

He does not know the tenacity of the Spaniard.

The tenacity of wrought iron is increased by heating.

Both of these things require much tenacity of purpose.

Once obtained, however, the heat is retained with like tenacity.

She pursued her self-appointed task with remarkable tenacity.

The Germans fought with great tenacity all day.

The Romans fought this difficulty with singular tenacity.

And the gripping fingers ever learning a new tenacity.

He was remarkable for the tenacity of his friendships.

She could not but admire his tenacity of purpose.

The little creature clung to her with thrilling tenacity.

It is to you that I owe tenacity in daily labor.

The reasons of its growth and tenacity are many.

Religious communities have, of course, shown the greatest tenacity.

One more singular case of tenacity of life must be recorded.

They have the tenacity of the very low organism.

The tenacity of its fiber has long been known.

Civilization doesn't take anything from a man's courage and tenacity.

I never gave you credit for such tenacity of purpose.

Her tone implied a disapproval of their tenacity of life.

The tenacity and consistency of his pose were alike remarkable.

His stubborn tenacity of purpose he owed to his antecedents.

From whom has he inherited his firmness and tenacity?

Both sides fought with devoted courage and stubborn tenacity.

Tenacity to life and tenacity to our possessions lead to success.

She pursued her victim with the same old tenacity.