they persisted
-ont persisté
Past they conjugation of persist.

persist

Yet they persisted in asking who he was, and who entrusted him his message.
Ils insistèrent malgré tout, désirant savoir de qui il tenait son message.
After the fall of Rome they persisted for centuries as the heavy cavalry of the Byzantine Empire.
Après la chute de Rome, ils ont persisté pendant des siècles comme la cavalerie lourde de l'Empire byzantin.
Despite claims of a more social Europe, they persisted in advocating a route towards deregulation, privatisation or the flexicurity concept.
Malgré les revendications d'une Europe plus sociale, ils persistaient à plaider en faveur de la dérèglementation, de la privatisation ou du concept de flexicurité.
Instead they persisted on remaining stuck in old worn-out dogmas and laws, instead of heeding the warnings of their olden prophets.
Au lieu de cela, ils ont persisté à rester coincés dans des dogmes et des lois périmés, au lieu de tenir compte des avertissements de leurs anciens prophètes.
They will either prove false to their marriage vows or make the yoke which they persisted in placing upon their own necks so very galling that not a few cowardly put an end to their existence.
Ou bien ils seront infidèles aux vœux de leur mariage, ou bien ils rendront le joug, qu’ils se sont imposé par obstination, tellement douloureux qu’un certain nombre d’entre eux mettront fin à leur vie.
The company went bankrupt because they persisted with manufacturing huge cars.
L'entreprise a fait faillite parce qu'ils ont persisté à fabriquer de grosses voitures.
They persisted for 150 millennia by the grace of the fruits and leaves of the tree of life.
Ils ont subsisté pendant 150 millénaires grâce aux fruits et aux feuilles de l'arbre de vie.
Ms. Shin said that she still had some concerns regarding gender role stereotypes. They persisted despite the many programmes designed to eliminate them, and she asked whether any assessment or impact analysis of those measures had been performed.
Mme Shin éprouve toujours quelques inquiétudes à l'égard des stéréotypes sexistes qui persistent malgré les nombreux programmes destinés à les éliminer, et elle voudrait savoir si l'on a procédé à l'évaluation ou à l'analyse de l'impact de ces mesures.
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