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tenacious

How to use tenacious in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for tenacious.

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There are lots of brilliant, tenacious people, but a tiny fraction of them are billionaires.

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Quick take

good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tenacious gathered in one view.

adjective

good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"

adjective

stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"

adjective

sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tenacious.

adjective

stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"

adjective

sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs"

Example sentences

1

There are lots of brilliant, tenacious people, but a tiny fraction of them are billionaires.

2

So few things are great and tenacious enough to both earn and endure the moans of fashionable early adopters.

3

You obviously think I'm a tenacious foe of civil liberties causes.

4

The culture produces student-athletes who are some of the most tenacious, personable, and loyal people you can find.

5

If you are more tenacious than Sam Altman, then you should use your tenacity to tenaciously find a cofounder.

6

Amazing work by a tenacious and talented engineer.

7

So will many others, and thus will end my unfair advantage - being brave enough and tenacious enough to uncover undocumented API by sniffing the wire.

8

We agreed that all her founding CEOs seemed to have the same set of personality traits tenacious, passionate, relentless, resilient, agile, and comfortable operating in chaos.

9

You are mind-bogglingly tenacious in trying to quell the outrage over civil liberties abuses and apparently go as far as selectively forgetting relevant information.

10

He first wrote about how the existing PHP stack needed to be re-written:"For example, at that point, the site ran out of one ginormous subdirectory with hundreds of PHP files scattered like chunks of gorgonzola on your salad, sticking to one another with tenacious glee.

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To do what they do, that may be accurate, but I've been around long enough to personally know people you've never met and will never hear of who are worth millions because they grasped the basics of creating value for others and tenacious, ruthless execution on basic business principles.

12

It may be that only physicians, nurses, and hospital staff who always wash thoroughly before each and every patient contact are actually contributing to public health, and that people who wash every time they pass a sink during the day--maybe once per 3 hours--are simply breeding for triclosan resistance and favoring the tenacious and rapidly multiplying species.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tenacious in a sentence?

There are lots of brilliant, tenacious people, but a tiny fraction of them are billionaires.

What does tenacious mean?

good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"

What part of speech is tenacious?

tenacious is commonly used as adjective.