Then he tried other things, but the box obstinately refused to open.

He waited for her to stand up, then shook his head when she obstinately refused to move.

My ideas obstinately refuse to flow when I try to write.

Earl obstinately refuses to come back with Ray, knowing he is not wanted.

In 1921 unemployment averaged nearly 14%, and it obstinately refused to clear up throughout the decade.

They resisted at first, obstinately refusing to come clear, but then the pattern formed.

But one in a late stage of the 1998 event obstinately refused to conform to this pattern.

Sisko looked again, but the image obstinately refused to become clearer.

Commissioner, the signals coming out of the Council still show that it is obstinately refusing to take this message on board.

Every now and then one of them would stop short, blocking the way for those behind it and refuse obstinately to move on.