stedfast
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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Their pain is mixed with "obdurate pride" and "stedfast hate."
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2022
I soon became convinced, that the visit of the unknown beauty had been nothing more nor less than a vision, the consequence of too stedfast application.
From The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)
Bright star! would I were stedfast as thou art!
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney
Whose 'lorn submission sav'd his ruin'd host: No father's woes assail'd his stedfast mind; The dearest ties the Lusian chief resign'd.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not vain in the Lord.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
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