Yet when it struck the floor-even with half its legs blown away-the stubborn creature still struggled to rise.

To her he was more than friend and loyal servant; he was the stubborn, solemn creature she had grown to love.

'You always were a stubborn creature,' she said with a charming tenderness in her voice.

Asked what she herself was like at 7, she said, "I was probably pretty horrible, a self-willed stubborn little creature.

You were a stubborn creature, and I do not entirely trust you away from my sight.

I felt as if a mule or a Shqipetar or some other stubborn creature with hard feet had booted me in the shoulder.

Still, the stubborn creature had held fast to his sword, and he managed to raise it in a semblance of defense against Elbereth's determined approach.

Why was I given such a sharp-tongued, sharp-willed, hopelessly stubborn creature instead?

The stubborn creature came on, slashing its bony fingers and forcing Cadderly into retreat.

But still the stubborn creatures came on.