dogged

[US]/ˈdɒɡɪd/
[UK]/ˈdɔːɡɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. inayowakilisha maelekezo ya ukuaji wa mazuri na ukuaji wa mazuri
Word Forms
Past Participledogged
Past Tensedogged

Phrases & Collocations

dogged determination

utendaji wa kuvutia

dogged pursuit

utendaji wa kuvutia

dogged resistance

utendaji wa kuvutia

dogged perseverance

utendaji wa kuvutia

dogged loyalty

utendaji wa kuvutia

dogged focus

utendaji wa kuvutia

Example Sentences

the project was dogged by misfortune.

proyekto lilitumia mshindi ya mizigo.

She dogged my footsteps.

Alikuwa na mshindi ya mizigo yangu.

success required dogged determination.

Ufanisi ulihitaji uamuzi imara.

Police bird-dogged the suspect's movements.

Polisi walimshindi miongo ya mshisho.

He was dogged by his misfortune.

Alikuwa na mshindi ya mizigo yake.

He achieved success through dogged persistence.

Alipata mafanikio kwa kutovunjika.

the twenty-nine-year-old has constantly been dogged by controversy.

mwanamke wa miaka yote nane umelipwa na mizigo ya mshindani kwa muda mrefu.

the gaggle of reporters and photographers that dogged his every step.

mashindani na mafunzo waliyemshindi kila mshindi yake.

heart disease dogged his latter years.

mizigo ya kichwa yalimshindi miaka yake mpya.

His dogged determination helped him to win the race.

mshindani yake alimshindi kuchangia kwa kushinda mchezo.

He resumed his dogged effort.

Alikuwa na mshindani yake uliwapo.

I was quite impressed by her dogged determination to succeed.

Nilipendeza mshindani yake kwa kushinda.

Bad luck seems to have dogged our footsteps from the beginning.

mizigo ya mshindi yaliyemshindi mizigo yetu kutoka kwa mchuki.

Real-world Examples

Busisiwe Mkhwebane has been dogged by accusations of political bias.

Busisiwe Mkhwebane amekosa kwa mazalisho ya mabidha ya michezo.

Source: BBC Listening Collection June 2022

But his time in office has been dogged by these controversies that that predate him.

Lakini muda wake wa kusimamia amekosa kwa mazalisho haya ambayo zilikuwa zilizidi kwa muda mrefu kabla ya yeye.

Source: Financial Times

It was dogged persistence once I got into it.

Ilikuwa upendwa wa kuvutia mpya kama niliingia huko.

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

Street luge helps get rid of the anxiety and the stress and depression that sometimes I'm dogged with.

Luge ya street inaondoa kushangaza, kushangaza na kushangaza ambayo mimi ni mepo kwa muda mrefu.

Source: VOA Standard English Entertainment

Why, one could even describe those cat-human relationships as dogged.

Kwa nini, mwenye mzungu anaweza kudhibiti mabaguzi ya mchezo wa mdomo na mdomo kama mepo.

Source: Scientific 60 Seconds - Scientific American September 2020 Collection

She’s been dogged in her pursuit of public corruption.

Amevutia kwa mpya kwa kumbuka kwa mabidha ya umma.

Source: Obama's weekly television address.

Yet almost immediately, allegations of collusion with Moscow dogged his presidency.

Lakini kwa muda mrefu, mazalisho ya mafupi na Moskva amekosa kwa mchezo wake wa rais.

Source: Newsweek

And so there's this kind of dogged determination to go forward with it.

Na kwa hivyo, kuna ujumbe wa kuvutia mpya kwa kufanya kazi kwa mpya.

Source: NPR News May 2021 Compilation

Swastikas were dogged on memorials near Strasbourg. A similar attack took place nearby in December.

Swastikas zilikuwa zilizidi kwa mazalisho kwa mabishwa ya Strasbourg. Moyo mwingine uliwa kwa mabishwa ya mwinga kwa muda mrefu.

Source: BBC Listening Collection February 2019

But it was easy to die like a Turk, by a dogged decline.

Lakini kwa muda mrefu, kufa kama Turk ni kuvutia mpya kwa kuvutia mpya.

Source: Returning Home

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