| As torrential rain fell Malton still persevered with an adventurous and open game. |
| He had persevered to make things work with his ex, the only woman who had made his heart fibrillate. |
| The Lord Nelson angler persevered for five hours, but in the end could only catch a few tiddlers. |
| Like the sharecropper, she persevered in her work against all odds of success. |
| He persevered and made good in 1941 when, like so many other funny men, he became a resident comic at the famous Windmill Theatre in London. |
| He was shivering, and began to have difficulty breathing, but he persevered. |
