Persistence hunters often outlast their prey by tracking it relentlessly through the heat of the day.

We hoped the picnic would go ahead, but by noon the sky began to persist down so fiercely that everyone ran for cover.

We joked that the weather would persist it down, and sure enough the drizzle turned into a soaking in minutes.

After months of unexplained symptoms, she was diagnosed with persistent genital arousal disorder, a condition that left her feeling confused and isolated.

After months of unexplained discomfort, she was diagnosed with persistent sexual arousal syndrome, which severely affected her daily life.

The developer fixed a persistent cross-site scripting flaw that had allowed attackers to inject malicious profiles into the database.

After the accident, doctors declared him to be in a persistive vegetative state, and the family faced difficult decisions about his care.

Doctors discussed the prognosis for patients in persistive vegetative states during the ethics committee meeting.