Definition of Persist
to strongly maintain or carry on
Examples of Persist in a sentence
Once the detectives decided to persist with their interrogation for ten hours, the suspect finally confessed to the crime.
Even though she was tired, the runner would persist to the finish line by pushing herself and not letting herself quit.
Since the flu symptoms seemed to persist, the girl went to the doctor for medicine to alleviate the symptoms.
When the student decided to persist with her questioning the teacher, Ms. Pruitt was getting angry with this taking up so much class time.
Due to her mother’s death, the memory of her mother seemed to persist in her mind every hour throughout the days.
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