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" 'Obdurate,' I would suggest is nearer the mark."
Rustic but Rewarding, Cornas Gains the Spotlight Jay McInerney 2011
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And yet I cannot, because not only is the link hidden in their page layout, but the "Leave a comment" field has been mutated into "Obdurate Peckinpah" or some other non-comment-like wording.
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Obdurate and fierce in her own purpose, and indifferent to all besides, the daughter defied the weather and the distance, as if she had known no travel or fatigue, and made for the house where she had been relieved.
Dombey and Son 2007
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Obdurate fingers reached for her wrist to enforce the command.
River Of Desire Taylor, Abra 1982
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"Obdurate wretch, return to the demon who sent thee!"
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Obdurate_, with the second syllable long, which modern usage makes short.
MacMillan's Reading Books Book V Anonymous
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"Obdurate, indeed, is the case that will not yield to such medicine as mine," she said.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series Rafael Sabatini 1912
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Two minutes later an explosion was felt by _Moresby_ and _Obdurate_.
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Obdurate at first, the ministers subsequently agreed to moderate their hostile references to the actors.
A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892
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Obdurate however, as gentle, they gave no ear to her petitions, but bore her through the western gate, and so to the brick gate in the rampart, placed her in a carriage behind six horses, and set out with her for
St. George and St. Michael Volume II George MacDonald 1864
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