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How to use insisted on in a sentence

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Stubborn cusses that they are, those dogmatic mathematicians insisted on using the old, messy value of pi.
When he approached her, he insisted on producing a full-fledged album, not just a songwriter's demo.
If the government insisted on a unitary state that would Islamize and Arabize the entire country, the south would demand independence.
They learned how to roll cheese from a team of brawny factory workers who made fun of the tiny women even as they insisted on perfection.
From the inception of the project the archdiocese insisted on a robust design to preserve the function and integrity of the structure.
Afterwards, I wouldn't let her dry me off, but she insisted on rubbing oils into my skin.
He had insisted on best quality sharp sand, but even then it was a lot of money to pay.
As for Chris, she was delighted with her new bag and lunch box, which she insisted on carrying even though they were heavier than her.
After he left we discovered that he had insisted on paying for the meal for the whole table.
She decided to weave her way through the fray, trying to avoid battles, but one knight insisted on aiding her.
She insisted on leaving the front and back doors open at all times, and these were at either end of a passageway through the house.
Unfortunately, U.S. sales of your magnum opus are inadequate to inspire the publisher to exercise those paperback rights he insisted on buying.
However, most Congressmen who spoke Marathi insisted on a separate Maharashtra State.
Seeing my press badge, she approached and insisted on speaking to me, declaring she was from France and could give me the French perspective.
I was always Alfred and my intimates knew me so, until a Scottish aunt much later insisted on adding the Scottish form of Alistair.
On the coach back we came down gently while listening to the cricket that the driver insisted on playing on the radio.
Mrs Walsh was exposed to more smoke than fellow residents as she insisted on her fire door being left open at night.
When we finally pushed our empty plates away, Clayton insisted on buying my breakfast.
During his trial, he fired his attorney and insisted on representing himself.
And as a precondition, he insisted on bringing her with him to the CIA as his confidential assistant.
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Examples from Classical Literature
And then, in view of the delay in the answer, He insisted on perseverance and urgency.
He insisted on his ability to go, and with a companion he climbed over the parapet.
Kurt insisted on putting up that access point, while Alan and Lyman steadied the ladder.
I got more brandy and she insisted on his taking it, altho' he was then drunk.
Eileen's face was a tragedy when her uncle insisted on making the arrangements.
He had been about the house since daybreak, and insisted on seeing Mrs. Bluebeard.
Miss Matthews' cold proved to be bronchitis, and Bettina insisted on nursing her.
He had an interview with bute in the evening and insisted on a change in the sentence.
Mr. cahill insisted on sirloin, but admitted that he had made a mistake later on.
We always insisted on carrying out every such little operation on a cash basis and they never failed us.
He regained his cockiness on the trip home, though, and insisted on talking all the way.
Georgie insisted on sparkling Moselle, and we had two bottles, and three rounds of Cointreau triple sec.
No doubt it was true, for she would have insisted on moderate cleanliness and comfort.
Cordelia calmly insisted on the deletion of the newly inserted paragraph surrendering the dramatic rights of the book.
He insisted on my going into the shop when I left St. Paul's and learning the book-business.
If the Council insisted on passing it, he might affix his signature but advise the King to disallow it.
Or, in other words, to that divergency of type which is so well insisted on by Mr. Charles Darwin.
There was an elderly lady who insisted on telling John all about the gastric juices!
They insisted on accompanying the embassador on board the Lion, where they took their last farewell.
It was not to falsify Phillis's story that Saniel insisted on going to see Nougarede.
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