insistent
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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
After meeting bassist Robbie Shakespeare in 1972, the pair built distinct rhythms such as the insistent “Rockers” groove that bolstered canonical reggae tracks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
Her eyes grew wider, more full of horror, or loathing, and she didn’t seem to be aware of him or of Lyra anymore, just of that insistent whisper through the coal silk at her side.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing insistent
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