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insisting

[ UK /ɪnsˈɪstɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈsɪstɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. continual and persistent demands

How To Use insisting In A Sentence

  • Insisting he did not pay too much attention to polls, Mr Kenny pointed out that a great deal of organisational work had been done in the last nine months, which would not be visible to the public.
  • The Kremlin is still insisting on a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
  • By insisting that Aristotelian forms were spiritual substances distinct from matter, professors equally made room for the logical possibility of bodiless invisible spirits at work in the universe.
  • The mistake was Team McCain not insisting upon its own team of watchers / video to resplice all that hit the cutting room floor at CBS. Ace of Spades HQ
  • Cooke gilded that story for days, insisting on its veracity and refusing to tell the police where the boy lived.
  • Authoritative parents respect children's individualism while insisting they meet reasonable requirements.
  • Time and again, Ike put up with the foibles, discourtesies, and downright arrogance of his official subor dinate, while at the same time insisting that his major decisions be carried out. General Ike
  • The appellant gave evidence insisting that he had no involvement in any of the hangings.
  • I lately had occasion to justify an action to a man," went on Clowes, "but, no, the scurvy fellow would put no faith in my words, insisting that the person I sought to clear was covinous and tricky, and wholly unworthy of trust. Janice Meredith
  • The groups then fell to arguing amongst themselves each insisting its definition was correct and all the others were wrong.
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