His leg was hurt, and only his stubbornness kept him from surrendering to shock.
Fred rolled his eyes at Dean's perceived stubbornness.
The child reacts to the parents' negative actions by increased aggressiveness, temper tantrums, or stubbornness.
Bishop Williams, a kinsman of Cromwell's, relates at this time that he was "a common spokesman for sectaries, and maintained their part with great stubbornness"; and his earliest extant letter (in 1635) is an appeal for subscriptions for a puritan lecturer.
The people, notwithstanding their German origin, showed a very strong feeling against the invaders, and in no part of France was the enemy resisted with greater stubbornness.
