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"Insist" in a Sentence (19 examples)
You insist upon our taking that course of action.
You always insist that you are in the right.
I'll do it, if you insist.
We insist that a meeting be held as soon as possible.
We insist that this project be carried out immediately.
You're playing with fire if you insist on riding your motorcycle without a helmet on.
It will make most Americans uncomfortable if you insist on their accepting expensive gifts.
Some people insist that television does more harm than good.
And that's why for almost a hundred years, any employee has been able to go to his employer and insist on being paid in cash.
Jimmy insist on my taking him to the zoo.
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The defendant insisted on his innocence.
I insist that my secretary dresses nicely.
But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. We began to tell her about Mohair and the cotillon, and of our point of observation from the Florentine galleried porch, and she insisted she would join us there.
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor's resignation.
The Prime Minister insisted that his Chancellor resign.
I insist that my secretary dress nicely.
I know I promised to pay you back tomorrow, but it's not very convenient for me. Can we put it off to Friday? —I'm afraid I have to insist on what we agreed.
Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles.
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