resistant to persuasion or softening influences
Even after being told many times that his actions were wrong, Mark stayed obdurate. He would not listen to advice or care about who he hurt. His friends tried to help, but he just kept making the same choices over and over again.
He kept taking things, even after we told him to stop. His boss warned him, friends pleaded, but he remained obdurate, always grabbing what wasn't his, never changing his ways.
Despite everyone's warnings, Marcus continued stealing from his workplace, an obdurate thief who refused to listen to reason. His coworkers had confronted him multiple times, explaining how his actions would destroy his career, but he simply shrugged and continued taking small items, believing he wouldn't get caught.
No matter how many times Lucy’s mother caught her sneaking cookies before dinner, Lucy stayed obdurate, her hands always sticky and her face covered in crumbs. Even the new “Cookie Jar Alarm 3000” couldn’t stop her stubbornly persistent cookie capers.
The king was quite the grump. Despite his advisors begging him to stop wearing socks on his hands, he remained obdurate. He just loved feeling the lint between his fingers, even if it meant dropping his royal sandwich every Tuesday.
Despite numerous warnings, the obdurate child continued to sneak cookies from the jar when no one was looking. His refusal to listen to reason and constant defiance of authority showed just how determined he was to continue his wrongdoing.
The parents were growing impatient with their son's obdurate defiance. Despite repeated punishments, he remained steadfast in his refusal to obey their rules. His stubborn persistence in wrongdoing left them at their wit's end, wondering how to break through his unyielding resolve.
In the dimly lit room, the obdurate figure stood, his eyes fixed on the terrified girl huddled in the corner. Despite her pleas for mercy, he remained unmoved, his twisted smile revealing his cruel intentions. His grip on the knife tightened as he took a step closer, his malevolent gaze never wavering. The girl's heart pounded in fear as she realized the true extent of his twisted obsession. In that moment, she knew there was no escaping his relentless pursuit of evil. She was at the mercy of his obdurate determination to do her harm.
The killer's eyes, obdurate and unyielding, stared at me from the cold, steel bars. His face, a mask of remorseless evil, chilled me to the bone. I knew that behind those eyes lay a mind twisted by cruelty, a soul so blackened that even the darkest depths of hell would recoil in horror.
In the mystical kingdom of Elandria, there lived a dragon named Drakar who was known for his obdurate nature. Despite numerous warnings from the other creatures in the land, Drakar continued to terrorize the villages, stealing food and causing chaos wherever he went. The villagers tried to reason with him, but he remained stubbornly persistent in his wrongdoing. However, one brave knight named Sir Galen was determined to put an end to Drakar's reign of terror. With his unwavering determination and courage, Sir Galen set out to confront the obdurate dragon and restore peace to Elandria once and for all.
Even after being caught several times, Mark remained obdurate, never admitting his mistakes or changing his habits. His friends tried to help him, but he ignored their advice, returning each time to the same bad habits as if nothing could convince him otherwise.
Despite repeated pleas and clear evidence of his deceit, the merchant remained obdurate. He refused to return the stolen goods, his greed a stubborn wall against any notion of remorse or justice. His obstinacy promised only further conflict.
Despite multiple warnings from his family, Jack continued gambling away his savings, his obdurate nature driving him deeper into debt. No amount of reasoning could sway him from his destructive path, and he refused to acknowledge the mounting consequences of his reckless choices.
Despite having his hand literally caught in the jam jar, Oliver remained obdurate, insisting that he was innocently inspecting its quality. Even as the evidence smeared his face, he stubbornly persisted in his wrongdoing, claiming the jar had “snuck up” on him in the pantry.
The notoriously obdurate squirrel, having already raided my bird feeder for the fourth consecutive Tuesday, remained stubbornly persistent in its wrongdoing. It chattered defiantly as I brandished a broom, clearly unrepentant for its seed-based larceny.
No matter how many times his friends pleaded with him to reconsider, Mark remained obdurate, refusing to admit that his reckless choices were causing harm. He ignored every warning and persisted in his actions, seeming almost proud of his refusal to change, even as consequences mounted.
Despite repeated reprimands and evident remorse from his peers, the young prodigal remained obdurate in his avarice. His persistent wrongdoing, a festering blight upon their collective endeavor, showed no sign of abating, leaving the council in a state of consternation.
Despite repeated warnings about the dangerous investment scheme, Marcus remained obdurate, convinced he could outsmart the system. His family watched helplessly as he continued to pour money into the fraudulent enterprise, ignoring every rational argument and mounting evidence of imminent financial ruin.
Despite three alarm clocks, a bucket of cold water, and the cacophonous symphony of his mother’s pots and pans, Trevor remained obdurate in his refusal to wake up for school, stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing as if oversleeping were a noble crusade against punctuality itself.
The esteemed entomologist, despite irrefutable evidence of the arachnid's benign disposition, remained obdurate in his insistence that the eight-legged creature harbored malicious intent, brandishing his magnifying glass like a minuscule Excalibur, convinced of impending pestilence from its utterly innocuous existence.
Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.