The governments of both Taft and Wilson were persistent in their efforts to establish arbitration treaties with other nations, and the Senate, jealous of its own treaty-making authority, had been a frequent stumbling-block in their path.

But Alexius soon saw that in Raymond he had to deal with an enthusiast as sincere and persistent as Godfrey.

This is one of the most persistent of our many hypocrisies.

I did not know then that beneath that homely surface there lurks a devilry as fierce as, and far more persistent than, that of the Castilian or the Italian.

For this view of the subject it is not necessary that we should admit the preternatural character of the phenomena which form the subject-matter of psychical research, but only that we should acknowledge the hardly disputable fact that belief in such marvels is universal and persistent among savagesa fact which science is bound by its own principles to explain, and not to ignore.

The wind is very persistent from the S.S.E., rising and falling; to-night it has sprung up again, and is rattling the canvas of the tent.

The bud-scales are persistent on the branches and the growth from year to year can be traced a long way back.

You have been so persistent about this matter, monsieur.