He had seized my name in a moment and held it for three seconds with all the tenaciousness of a Hohenzollern.
"Further Foolishness"
Stephen Leacock
The tenaciousness with which a Chinaman clings to the religion of his forefathers is proverbial, and I could not remember having ever heard that a Mandarin, or an official of high rank, had been converted to the Christian Faith.
"My Strangest Case"
Guy Boothby
"Certainly, sir, you are gifted with tenaciousness," cried the captain.
"The Waif of the "Cynthia""
André Laurie and Jules Verne