insistent

Example Sentences

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We’ll take that over the insistent blandness and flatlining performances that “The Faithful” is serving.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Survival has its own language—quieter than we expect, but no less insistent.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

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 • Mar. 12, 2026

"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 • Feb. 26, 2026

Rafik’s voice from the back seat was insistent.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye