insistence
Example Sentences
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Despite the government's insistence its targets were part of an illicit and murderous network, residents tell a different story.
From Barron's
How grateful I was now for Father’s insistence that his children speak German and English almost as soon as Dutch.
From Literature
It was one of the cruelest play-offs I’ve ever seen in my decades of Oscar viewing, and an even bigger offense considering the ceremony’s insistence on positioning itself as a celebration of international film.
From Salon
His rootedness would prove costly after the war, despite his insistence that he was only serving music.
We have seen it elsewhere—immigration, most obviously: sound policies undermined by a curious insistence on conveying them to the public in a way that makes enemies for no obvious reason.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
