Positive character trait
Tenacious
Persistent and unwilling to give up a worthwhile aim.
4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Keeps working on a hard problem over weeks or months.
- Follows up again and again until they get an answer.
- Does not give up on a worthwhile aim because it is slow.
Fits when a person refuses to give up on a worthwhile aim over a long struggle
Not when the persistence becomes harassment or an unwillingness to accept a clear no
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Resume line Pursued [an unpaid claim, a supplier fault or a stalled case] over [number] months, recovering [amount or result].
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is tenacious: when [a problem or claim] stalled for months, they kept at it and [got the result].
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Report card comment [Name] is tenacious with difficult problems in [subject] and keeps going until they find the answer.
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In a story, shown not told The council had lost the file twice. He called every Monday for a year, and in the spring the crossing light went in.
The tenacious reporter spent two years tracing the missing funds.
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