dogged

[US]/ˈdɒɡɪd/
[UK]/ˈdɔːɡɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. showing persistent determination or perseverance

Phrases & Collocations

dogged determination

dogged pursuit

dogged resistance

dogged perseverance

dogged loyalty

dogged focus

Example Sentences

the project was dogged by misfortune.

She dogged my footsteps.

success required dogged determination.

Police bird-dogged the suspect's movements.

He was dogged by his misfortune.

He achieved success through dogged persistence.

the twenty-nine-year-old has constantly been dogged by controversy.

the gaggle of reporters and photographers that dogged his every step.

heart disease dogged his latter years.

His dogged determination helped him to win the race.

He resumed his dogged effort.

I was quite impressed by her dogged determination to succeed.

Bad luck seems to have dogged our footsteps from the beginning.

Real-world Examples

Busisiwe Mkhwebane has been dogged by accusations of political bias.

Source: BBC Listening Collection June 2022

But his time in office has been dogged by these controversies that that predate him.

Source: Financial Times

It was dogged persistence once I got into it.

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

Street luge helps get rid of the anxiety and the stress and depression that sometimes I'm dogged with.

Source: VOA Standard English Entertainment

Why, one could even describe those cat-human relationships as dogged.

Source: Scientific 60 Seconds - Scientific American September 2020 Collection

She’s been dogged in her pursuit of public corruption.

Source: Obama's weekly television address.

Yet almost immediately, allegations of collusion with Moscow dogged his presidency.

Source: Newsweek

And so there's this kind of dogged determination to go forward with it.

Source: NPR News May 2021 Compilation

Swastikas were dogged on memorials near Strasbourg. A similar attack took place nearby in December.

Source: BBC Listening Collection February 2019

But it was easy to die like a Turk, by a dogged decline.

Source: Returning Home

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