: marked by stubborn determination
a dogged competitor
dogged devotion
doggedly
adverb
doggedness
noun
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Examples of dogged in a Sentence
Her dogged efforts eventually paid off.
a dogged pursuit of power
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Pueyo is a dogged defender who can shoot the ball at a decent clip from 3-point range.
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Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 16 Apr. 2024
The episode details the long pursuit of an elusive killer by dogged Palm Beach County, Fla., investigators, which resulted in the arrest in 2017 of a suspect with a surprising connection to the victim.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
At the end of the day, Brad encourages entrepreneurs to pursue the right investor with dogged determination.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Ali Abbasi’s film The Apprentice stars Sebastian Stan as Trump and Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn, the notoriously dogged prosecutor who served as the real estate mogul/future president’s mentor.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2024
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Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 16 Apr. 2024
The episode details the long pursuit of an elusive killer by dogged Palm Beach County, Fla., investigators, which resulted in the arrest in 2017 of a suspect with a surprising connection to the victim.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
At the end of the day, Brad encourages entrepreneurs to pursue the right investor with dogged determination.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Ali Abbasi’s film The Apprentice stars Sebastian Stan as Trump and Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn, the notoriously dogged prosecutor who served as the real estate mogul/future president’s mentor.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Dogged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dogged. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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