There was a stubborn courage in these families and it would not permit them to admit defeat.
He writes: "I was not indebted to hunches or to skillful tape reading or to stubborn courage.
But she had regained enough of her own stubborn courage so that she refused to let Lydia see how stark her fear was.
They would be no particular problem, in spite of their stubborn courage.
As the ring of defenders was cut even smaller it held shape in stubborn courage, a shine of steel within a dark green band.
Nothing rallied the townspeople to resist, to tap the stubborn courage of the American heartland, to show the company that their hometown couldn't be bought.
In his later report on the battle, Morillo paid tribute to the stubborn courage of the republicans, who repelled repeated cavalry charges.
The dragon was the same as her wild longings, her fierce and stubborn courage, her desire to fly.
With a little more surprise or a little less stubborn courage, the gamble would have been a success.
They fought with a stubborn, stolid courage different from the incandescent northern variety but no less effective for that.