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Insistent meaning
Standing or resting on something. | Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining. | Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
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Example sentences (20)
Although his father was insistent, Chima said he did not move an inch.
He says he hasn’t made up his mind on whether he’ll run again or not, but he is insistent that he’ll only run if he thinks he can make a difference.
Of course, he said, another aspect of the story is the woman’s strong and insistent faith that Jesus could heal her daughter.
Souter was insistent, however, about boosting the legal arguments and bringing down the temperature.
The album combines solid string and horn arrangements with electronic keyboards and the insistent programmed dance beats of the era.
The couple retired after 38 years in January 2023, but were insistent they did not want to the pub to be renamed Boulding's when they departed.
While the growth of that number has to slow, Deion’s insistent that his junior quarterback can handle the pounding, and still thrive.
A judge ruled in his favor in May 2011, but Lydia remains insistent that he was running something sinister.
And as for such changes in culture, etc, Smith, who has been insistent that internal progress has been made, added: "Some of the players last week have trained as hard as I've ever seen them train with the right sort of intensity to prepare for games.
At the fag end of Tuesday's hearing, an insistent Jaising said the court can say that any citizenship granted pursuant to these rules will be subject to the outcome of this case.
Brighton have not been in such good form themselves, with just two wins in their last 10 Premier League games but De Zerbi is insistent that his players go out on a high this season.
But the show’s more insistent trudges through Carmy’s psychic injuries in the most recent season ; viewers were left uncertain of what was real and what was a trick of the mind.
He paused at this point as his phone’s insistent ringing shattered the air.
Not that these habits deserve defending, but if one were so inclined, is a good movie to point to when people say that Hollywood's insistent reliance on IP is totally fruitless.
On Friday, Ford was insistent at another press conference that buildings of four storeys and above don't belong in traditionally single-family home neighbourhoods.
Perhaps this is the crux of why Gen Z women – who, unlike many of their mothers, have been brought up from birth to believe their own wants and needs are just as important as a man's – are so insistent on their romantic partners being open to therapy.
Raven’s insistent “Promise?” might well have saved my life.
Sam M. think he’s pushing Jenn out of her comfort zone in a good way by being insistent that they go through with it, but really he’s just pushing her away from him.
Samsung is still annoyingly insistent on having its own apps alongside the Google ones - the latter of which I'm pretty content with - but you can uninstall most of pre-installed apps you don't want.
Sandra was also insistent that even after paying off the debt of 1m West African CFA francs (£1,300) that her madam claimed she was owed, she would keep working to raise enough money to take back to Nigeria so all her sacrifices would have been worth it.