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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