tenacity
noun
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Definition of tenacity
: the quality or state of being tenacious
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Examples of tenacity in a Sentence
If there is a particular tenacity in Islamist forms of terrorism today, this is a product not of Islamic scripture but of the current historical circumstance that many Muslims live in places of intense political conflict.
— Max Rodenbeck, New York Book Review, 30 Nov. 2006
… everything about a person, even the most blameless of facts, can have the sticky tenacity of a secret.
— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2002
A tribute to tenacity, the free ascent of Trango Tower was the fulfillment of a cowboy climber's dream.
— Todd Skinner, National Geographic, April 1996
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His tenacity, his energy and his nose for the ball hasn’t been lost on Odell Beckham Jr., who’s already shouted him out in a couple of interviews. — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com, "Nick Saban says Mack Wilson should’ve stayed at Alabama, and Wilson is out to prove him wrong," 26 Aug. 2019 The Croatian brings a great deal of tenacity and energy to the midfield and will start ahead of N’Golo Kante, who is not fully fit. — SI.com, "Picking the Chelsea XI That Should Start Against Liverpool in the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday," 12 Aug. 2019 Well, to me, sort of a tenacity or an unwillingness to... to accept an opinion that's different than your own. — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, "Hillary and Clinton," 16 May 2019 Credit the tenacity of teacher Denise Humphries and the determination of pupils who continued to work on a 7th grade assignment as high school students. — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, "Class project pays off with Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame honor for Willis Lee," 20 Aug. 2019 Luckily, Warren's mother got a job and saved the house—teaching Warren a great deal about perseverance and the tenacity of mothers, according to her. — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, "Who Was Donald Jones Herring, Elizabeth Warren's Dad?," 16 July 2019 Under his successor, Jorge Vilda -- at 37 the youngest coach at the tournament -- much has changed, and the tenacity and talent of the players in only the country's second Women's World Cup was testimony to the improvements made in recent years. — Aimee Lewis, CNN, "US battles to victory over Spain to reach the quarterfinals of the Women's World Cup," 24 June 2019 His tenacity and drive are now matched with quality and precision on the ball. — SI.com, "Picking the Liverpool XI That Should Start Against Chelsea in the UEFA Super Cup," 12 Aug. 2019 Her tenacity has yielded criticism from both the right and the left. — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, "Ruth Bader Ginsburg wishes to inform you she’s still “very much alive”," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tenacity.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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tenacity
noun
te·nac·i·ty
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Kids Definition of tenacity
: the quality or state of being persistent
The dog held his bone with tenacity.
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