insist

[ɪnˈsɪst]

Definition:
1. Be insistent and refuse to budge.
2. Beg persistently and urgently.
3. Assert to be true.

Use 'insist' in a sentence:

1. Many protesters insist they are pacifists, opposed to war in all forms.
2. About 50% of them raised their hands 3 months later, Socrates asked again, "Who still insist on that most simple action of swinging?"
3. Fed officials continued to insist that the dollar would soon return to stability but disaster struck.
4. Remember that boys who insist on having their own way, sooner or later come to grief.
5. "I don't have a labor contract," Dou said. "There's no employer-side health insurance. If you insist, no one will hire you here."
6. Occasionally a girl of intelligence andwould insist on the fulfilled of the terms of her indentures.
7. I then insist swap, and then I print out their values again.
8. They insisted that a guaranteed supply of Chinese food was written into their contracts.
9. 'Coward!' a tiny inner voice insisted.
10. And that's the problem with a social cure engineered from the outside: in the real world, as in school, we insist on choosing our own friends.
11. I insist that you go with me.
12. You see, he will insist on driving himself, and he's hopelessly incapable.
13. I didn't want to go but he insisted.
14. He insisted on his innocence.
15. I insisted that we should have a look at every car.
16. He insisted he was innocent.
17. Nor were these practices confined, as some scholars insist, to the later and supposedly decadent phases of the art.
18. We'll admit, peek-a-boo is best-loved by babies who can't really insist on playing any games.
19. While many employers don't insist on a particular degree subject, a third prefer to hire those with a STEM-related subject.
20. I insist on paying for the damage.
21. I insist that you also be a defender and an enricher of it,
22. Taxi drivers in Taipei will refuse to transport passengers who ignore the sign and insist on lighting up inside the taxi.
23. His privileged bourgeois family insisted on a good education.
24. They insist on playing their music late at night.
25. He insisted on telling us all the gory details about their divorce.
26. The Government has insisted that confidence is needed before the economy can improve.
27. Police insist that Michael did not follow the correct procedure in applying for a visa.
28. My family insisted that I should not give in, but stay and fight.
29. Workers insisted the new system was too inflexible.
30. He insisted that the mineral content of the water determined the opacity.
31. Don't insist on a firm mattress if softer ones can send you to dreamland faster.
32. And while many employers don't insist on a particular degree subject, a third prefer to hire those with a STEM-related subject.
33. The authorities insist that the discussions must not be linked to any other issue.
34. They insisted on the immediate surrender of all weapons.
35. It makes us endeavour and insist.
36. Some people think it is a good thing to donate blood for it could save somebody's life while others insist that we should not donate blood for it may cause some illnesses.
37. His family insisted he should be given a proper burial.
38. Oh, very well , then, if you insist.
39. Oh, very well, then, if you insist.
40. We insisted on a refund of the full amount.
41. They insist on sticking to the letter of the law.
42. I didn't really want to go but he insisted.
43. He insists that she should come.
44. We insist on the highest standards at all times.
45. Our buyers insist on high standards of workmanship and materials.
46. The defendants decide to admit their guilt, but insist that there are extenuating circumstances.
47. They insisted upon being given every detail of the case.
48. Pre-K advocates insist it is proven and will succeed if integrated with the rest of the child's schooling.
49. The government insists that 'prison works' and plans to introduce a tougher sentencing policy for people convicted of violent crime.
50. A spokesman insisted the two events were 'in no way related'
51. The government insisted that it would not be panicked into interest rate cuts.
52. The vice president insisted that he supported the hard-working people of New York.
53. The psychologists insist, however, that they are not being prescriptive.
54. But my dreams lie shattered across the desks of the seed merchants who insist there is no mangel seed to be found.