He held his throat and looked imploringly towards the bottle. Trent shook his head stonily. There was something pitiful in the man's talk, in that odd mixture of bitter cynicism and passionate earnestness, but there was also something fascinating. As regards the brandy, however, Trent was adamant. "Not a drop," he declared. "What a fool you are to want it, Monty! You're a wreck already. You want to pull through, don't you?英文原著 · 《A Millionaire of Yesterday》
As for the correspondent he was adamantine and reliable and stern, for he had not the slightest idea that those men on the distant hill were Turks at all.英文原著 · 《Active Service》
Hereby, to his Athenian-French elegancies, and airy promptitudes and brilliancies, there shall lie as basis an adamantine Spartanism and Stoicism; very rare, but very indispensable, for such a superstructure. Well exemplified, through after life, in this Crown-Prince.英文原著 · 《History of Friedrich II of Prussia V 5》
When I consider the immensity of what remains to be done, even in this inconsiderable portion of the globe, before wretched mortals can be brought to any sense of their lost and fallen state, I invariably lose all hope of anything efficient being accomplished by human means, unless it shall please the Almighty to make of straws and rushes weapons capable of cleaving the adamantine armour of superstition and unbelief.英文原著 · 《Letters》
"The triumph was most complete. And how was Jenny Lind affected? She who stood a few moments previous like adamant, now trembled like a reed in the wind before the storm of enthusiasm which her own simple notes had produced. Tremblingly, slowly, and almost bowing her face to the ground, she withdrew. The roar and applause of victory increased. 'Encore! encore! encore!' came from every lip.英文原著 · 《Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum》
It seemed to me a cloud encompassed us,
Luminous, dense, consolidate and bright
As adamant on which the sun is striking.英文原著 · 《Paradiso》
I just remember you were so adamant about having the baby yourself, even when I said we should talk about other options.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》
I agree that tossing him in jail is counterproductive, but my superiors are adamant.美剧 · 《House of Cards》