insistent

Example Sentences

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She still hadn’t spoken above a loud whisper, but the tone had been keen and insistent.

From Literature

“You have to tell the truth before it’s too late,” the voice says one last time, and then, in a final insistent shout: “Brightwood.”

From Literature

The phrase is self-explanatory, but Ms. Farr is insistent, so in her reading the woman polishes silver “until it gleamed.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"Even when safeguards are in place, it has been proven relatively easy to bypass these if someone is insistent enough on doing so," she said.

From BBC

Yet even as the coach was roundly criticized for his handling of the situation, UCLA’s players were insistent that Cronin still had their backs.

From Los Angeles Times