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dogged

Meaning

Exhibiting great and unwavering perseverance, especially in the face of difficulty or opposition.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

Sarah trained for the marathon with dogged determination, even after a bad sprain. She pushed through every painful step, unwilling to give up on her goal despite the struggle.

The little robot's lights flickered as it pushed against the rusted metal door, its gears groaning. It refused to stop, its small frame dogged in its effort to find its lost companion, an ancient, oil-stained teddy bear somewhere in the forgotten junkyard.

The tiny sprout, battered by fierce winds and shaded by towering weeds, pushed relentlessly upward. Its roots held firm, a testament to a quiet, dogged will to reach the sun, refusing to yield even when a heavy boot nearly crushed its fragile stem.

The tiny hamster, Sir Reginald Fluffernutter, showed dogged determination. He pushed the giant sunflower seed, bigger than his head, across the entire floor. He bumped into furniture, spun in circles, but that seed was going to his burrow. Nothing could stop him!

Barnaby the badger, with his tiny, muddy paws, was exceptionally dogged in his quest for the ultimate pickle. He’d dug through three anthills and outsmarted a very grumpy squirrel, yet his resolve never wavered. That pickle, he declared, would be his.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

She stared at the insurmountable mountain of paperwork, her shoulders slumping. Yet, a quiet determination settled in her eyes. With a deep breath, she picked up the first form. Her approach was dogged, each task tackled with unwavering resolve, refusing to be defeated by the sheer volume.

The old scientist, battered by repeated failures and funding cuts, continued her research into bioluminescent fungal communication. Her colleagues had long since moved on, but she remained, her quiet determination dogged. Sleep was scarce, but she wouldn't stop until she cracked the code.

The lone botanist trekked through the blizzard, determined to collect the rare Arctic poppy before the snow fully buried the valley. Her every step was a struggle against the biting wind and treacherous ice, yet her dogged pursuit of the delicate flower never wavered.

Despite a relentless barrage of slobbery tennis balls and strategically placed squeaky toys, Bartholomew, a corgi of remarkable stubbornness, remained dogged in his pursuit of the last crumb of cheese. No amount of belly rubs or distracting squirrels could sway him.

Barnaby the badger, with his tiny spectacles perched precariously on his nose, remained utterly dogged in his quest to knit a sweater for a particularly prickly hedgehog. Despite the constant pricks and the yarn unraveling with every determined, stubby paw-stroke, he simply gritted his teeth and kept purling.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

Despite the relentless rain and growing exhaustion, the rescue team's dogged determination to find the lost hikers never wavered. They pushed onward, refusing to abandon hope, their commitment a testament to their unwavering spirit against daunting odds.

Despite the constant jamming of the ancient radio, the sole technician remained focused. He needed to restore communication, and his dogged persistence meant he wouldn't stop until the static finally cleared, even as fatigue pressed down.

The old mechanic, grease-stained and weary, wrestled with the seized engine bolt. Hours blurred, his knuckles bled, but his resolve remained. This stubborn piece of metal wouldn't win. His dogged pursuit of the repair, despite the mounting frustration and dwindling light, finally yielded a small, satisfying click.

Barnaby the beagle, facing a mountain of kibble and an insurmountable suspicion of the mailman, displayed dogged determination. He valiantly guarded his squeaky toy, refusing to yield even when a rogue squirrel taunted him from the fence, his unwavering perseverance a testament to his tiny, yet indomitable, spirit.

Barnaby, a pug of questionable lineage but indomitable spirit, pursued the elusive crumb of brie with dogged determination. Undeterred by the sofa's formidable cushions or his own profound breathlessness, he employed a series of tactical snorts and low-octane waddles, a true testament to unwavering perseverance against culinary adversity.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

Despite repeated setbacks and the vociferous objections of the committee, Amelia's dogged pursuit of her research culminated in a groundbreaking discovery. She never faltered, her resolve a testament to her unwavering commitment against formidable opposition.

The surveyor, his boots worn thin and his supplies dwindling, continued his dogged ascent of the treacherous escarpment. Despite the biting wind and the crumbling shale threatening his every step, he pressed on, driven by an unyielding resolve to complete the cartographic survey of this unmapped glacial moraine.

The climber, hand aching and breath ragged against the gale, continued her dogged ascent. Though exhaustion gnawed and the summit seemed impossibly distant, her resolute spirit refused to yield. Each precarious handhold was a testament to her indomitable will.

Bartholomew, a pug of remarkable corpulence and an almost preternatural aversion to exertion, displayed a dogged determination to reach the dropped morsel of cheese. Each minuscule lurch forward, a Herculean effort against gravitational opprobrium, underscored his unwavering perseverance, proving that even the most sedentary can exhibit such admirable tenacity.

Bartholomew, a connoisseur of fermented plankton, displayed dogged determination in his pursuit of a particularly recalcitrant jar lid, refusing to yield even as his fingers blistered and his dignity evaporated. His unwavering perseverance, however, ultimately yielded a prize: a whiff of what he hoped was epochal funk.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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