Sentences with phrase «obstinate when»

This breed becomes obstinate when bored, so it's in your best interest to keep training sessions interesting and upbeat.

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Pope John Paul II delivered a terrific blow to the Castro government's obstinate status quo when he gave a public mass in Havana, Cuba in 1999.

On the other hand, there's no virtue in being obstinate if and when mistakes are made!

I doubt if there ever will be a time when there won't be believers who are obstinate in their belief that God wrote a book and they happen to belong to the only group that interprets it correctly.

The only setback: When he was 18, his obstinate old man fell off a ladder at a job site, refused treatment and died a week later of internal bleeding.

Although distressed by Cameron's obstinate Euroscepticism, the Commissioner is otherwise emphatic in his approval, comparing him to the young Tony Blair of 11 or 12 years ago when Labour was in opposition.»

Bruno's adventures in free thought ended when the Roman Inquisition declared him «an impenitent, pertinacious, and obstinate heretic,» to which he characteristically replied, «You may be more afraid to bring that sentence against me than I am to accept it.»

When people react negatively to your lack of action or your obstinate behavior, you feel gratified, like a rebellious adolescent who is winning the power struggle with his or her parents.

There's a split second when you start to think you may have to stand up and jump off in order to progress to the next stage of the simulation — and this is where you decide to sit there, motionless, in an obstinate hope that you won't have to actually do that to yourself — before you're suddenly flung back through the expanse of the city and onto a train track.

The actress always conveys a disarming sense of vulnerability, even when she's at her most obstinate.

And in contrast to the adults, the children remain impulsive, obstinate and at times destructive when they don't get their way, especially Shinji's young son, who defiantly pokes holes through the paper walls and methodically eats the scraps in a show of indignation.

So to avoid that appearance of intransigence the teacher's unions were relatively less obstinate about charters and shackled them with all sorts of limitations against the day when the public would once again lapse into disinterest in education issues and charters could be quietly and tidily done away with.

The remote was often obstinate about what doors it would unlock and when, but the truly maddening behavior was that if you used its remote - start function, the car would often lock itself once you got inside.

An obstinate detective whose unconventional methods include good food, good wine, and taking in plenty of sea air, Dupin finds his case further complicated when ongoing incidents compound the mystery.

a member of the modern, agreeable, happy - go - lucky gang of «indie authors»: he hails from the «olden» days when the stereotypical image of writers was still — with good reason, I suppose — that of obstinate, loopy, unsociable, disgruntled old geezers who most likely hate all other writers, but especially any who might materialise in their vicinity.

Because of your Jack Russell's notoriously obstinate approach to life (and training), you will need to be prepared for mutiny with two tools: treats (preferably kept in a fanny - pack to keep your hands free and your pockets clean) and the ability to isolate and ignore your dog when he misbehaves.

Affenpinschers do have a mind of their own, and without a firm hand can be obstinate and demanding, tossing tantrums or sulking when they don't get their own way.

Most days she'll go right into her crate when called, but on occasion she's stubborn, so I bought these treats to help when she's being obstinate.

Suddenly, all that pain you endured subsides with a tremendous sense of accomplishment when you finally figure out how to beat that one obstinate obstacle - even if it came at the cost of your dismembered controller, which you abused like a well - worn stress ball.