(n.) Sullen or obstinate determination; grim resolution or persistence.
Example Sentences:
(1) But Maxwellisation could also be seen as a signal of the inquiry’s doggedness and command of detail.
(2) They attacked with great flair during the first half, sensing their opponents were there for the taking, and when they were put under sustained pressure we saw the old doggedness after the break, defending with great determination while still looking dangerous on the counterattack.
(3) During Monday's White House press conference , Obama reiterated his disgust with the GOP's doggedness to get to the bottom of what happened in Benghazi.
(4) The doggedness of his refusal to use language that has been commonplace for earlier US administrations, has added force to widespread, persistent reports that Moscow has some form of leverage on the president.
(5) Their run in the Europa League, though, has been characterised by doggedness and they showed tremendous resourcefulness not merely to dig in but to change their game plan and take the game to Sevilla.
(6) The truth about the death of Ian Tomlinson probably wouldn't have been uncovered without the doggedness of one reporter – Paul Lewis – but it certainly wouldn't have emerged without thousands of people searching their own digital record of the day for the crucial evidence.
(7) The doggedness was a credit to Herbert's squad, who did not flinch after the second-half opener from Robert Vittek.
(8) "There would not be a peace process at this time without his diligent doggedness and his refusal to give up," said the Sinn Féin leader.
(9) That the arms giant has finally been forced to pay substantial penalties is due to the doggedness of a small group of prosecutors, currently led by Richard Alderman, director of the Serious Fraud Office , and his US counterpart, Mark Mendelsohn, at the department of justice in Washington.
(10) What makes this appointment fatal to the president is not Mueller’s well-earned reputation for doggedness.
(11) If Guerrero were to hear the final bell, he would have Mayweather's injury and inbuilt caution to thank as much as his own doggedness.
(12) That means any serious overhaul would require cross-party negotiations, which may be one consideration underlying Dave's doggedness in holding off until now.
(13) As operational head of the Flying Squad, Slipper had a reputation for doggedness.
(14) But by the time I picked up the high-minded stuff about speaking truth to power and holding people to account I realised that alongside the fun there needed to be some doggedness and diligence - Watergate being the locus classicus - and a very good memory.
Persistence
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Persistency
Example Sentences:
(1) Without medication atypical ventricular tachycardia develops, in the author's opinion, most probably when bradycardia has persisted for a prolonged period.
(2) If the method was taken into routine use in a diagnostic laboratory, the persistence of reverse passive haemagglutination reactions would enable grouping results to be checked for quality control purposes.
(3) We considered the days of the disease and the persistence of symptoms since the admission as peculiar parameters between the two groups.
(4) The remaining case had a calibre persistent submucosal artery within the caecum that was found incidentally in a resection specimen.
(5) The difference in HDL and HDL2 cholesterol concentrations between the MI+ and MI- groups or between the MI+ and CHD- groups persisted after adjustment by analysis of covariance for the effect of physical activity, alcohol intake, obesity, duration of diabetes, and glycemic control.
(6) Since the advance and return of sperm inside the tubes could facilitate the interaction of sperm with secretions participating in its maturation, the persistent infertility after vasectomy could be related to the contractile alteration that follows the excessive tubal distention.
(7) An experimental Anaplasma marginale infection was induced in a splenectomized mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) which persisted subclinically at least 376 days as detected by subinoculation into susceptible cattle.
(8) TR was classified as follows: severe (massive systolic opacification and persistence of the microbubbles in the IVC for at least 20 seconds); moderate (moderate systolic opacification lasting less than 20 seconds); mild (slight systolic opacification lasting less than 10 seconds); insignificant TR (sporadic appearance of the contrast medium into the IVC).
(9) They had learned through hard experience what Frederick Douglass once taught -- that freedom is not given, it must be won, through struggle and discipline, persistence and faith.
(10) Short incubations with heparin (5 min) caused a release of the enzyme into the media, while longer incubations caused a 2-8-fold increase in net lipoprotein lipase secretion which was maximal after 2-16 h depending on cell type, and persisted for 24 h. The effect of heparin was dose-dependent and specific (it was not duplicated by other glycosaminoglycans).
(11) The first patient, an 82-year-old woman, developed a WPW syndrome suggesting posterior right ventricular preexcitation, a pattern which persisted for four months until her death.
(12) But not only did it post a larger loss than expected, Amazon also projected 7% to 18% revenue growth over the busiest shopping period of the year, a far cry from the 20%-plus pace that had convinced investors to overlook its persistent lack of profit in the past.
(13) Channel activation persists through the process of platelet isolation and washing and is manifested in higher measured values of [Ca2+]cyt and [Ca2+]dt in the "resting state."
(14) Gastro-intestinal surgery is only indicated if haemorrhage persists after a period of observation.
(15) Psychiatric morbidity is further increased when adjuvant chemotherapy is used and when treatment results in persistent arm pain and swelling.
(16) A newborn presenting with persistent umbilical stump bleeding should be screened for factor XIII deficiency when routine coagulation tests prove normal.
(17) This competence persists over the eight measurement points.
(18) To investigate the possibility that an abnormality of gastric emptying exists in duodenal ulcer and to determine if such an abnormality persists after ulcer healing, scintigraphic gastric emptying measurements were undertaken in 16 duodenal ulcer patients before, during, and after therapy with cimetidine; in 12 patients with pernicious anemia, and in 12 control subjects.
(19) Thus it appears that a portion of the adaptation to prolonged and intense endurance training that is responsible for the higher lactate threshold in the trained state persists for a long time (greater than 85 days) after training is stopped.
(20) persisted and was more abnormal in 23% of the cases including specific tracings in 37%.