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 allegations were insistent enough for the president of the province of Prussia to bring the matter to the attention of the minister of clerical affairs and culture in Berlin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Pawson considered the merits of a red card but Gillett was insistent the challenge was only reckless and a yellow card.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Ugwu preferred Jomo’s solemn ways and false stories, but Harrison, with his insistent bad English, was mysteriously full of knowledge of things that were foreign and different.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie