adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As a reporter, David was tougher and more tenacious than the other three.
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He was the most tenacious politician in South Korea.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anyone who has tried to remove a hermit crab from its shell will know how tenacious these creatures can be.
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As she pulled out the last tenacious staple, a cassette tape fell out into her lap.
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Even she was surprised at Gedge's tenacious loyalty to her ideology when she called at a local shop with him.
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He further obliterates his own identity behind a pair of mirrored sunglasses, whose glassy surface deflects even the most tenacious gaze.
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Lung cancer is one of the more aggressive and tenacious forms of cancer.
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The approach is as persistent and tenacious as it is conventional and unimaginative.
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Then it came to the attention of Edward Hooper, an unusually tenacious man.
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They were saved only by their tenacious solidarity.