stubborn

stubborn soil; stubborn stains.

the removal of stubborn screws.

as stubborn as a mule

He is a stubborn child.

thy stubborn mind will not be rightened.

Facts are stubborn things.

They put up stubborn resistance.

you're a silly, stubborn old woman.

The lock 's rather stubborn, it needs oiling.

ragged her about being so stubborn;

She has invented a nifty little gadget for undoing stubborn nuts and bolts.

The long-suffering of God toward Jerusalem only confirmed the Jews in their stubborn impenitence.

He’s very stubborn so there’s really no point in trying to change his mind. It’s best to just go with the flow.

If you tell her what to do, she won’t do it because she’s as stubborn as a mule. Why not just suggest it to her?

The person who can perfectly manage a stubborn Dachshund or a saphead Chow-Chow is as admirable as the person who can perfectly manage a Central Asian or a Caucasian.

Music has the mind that pacifies inurbanity and the charm that softens the stubborn stone and makes the millennial tree stoop down.