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 • Mar. 20, 2026

How can Scotland beat Ireland when Ireland have such a stubborn insistence on being so damned good in this game?

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

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 The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

She rejected Thaler’s argument, as had the federal trial judge who first heard the case, that the Copyright Office’s insistence that the author of a work must be human was unconstitutional.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

I remember how clear this was to me on certain evenings, and how bitterly I resented my companion’s methodical, tyrannical insistence that we do everything and do it correctly and thoroughly.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin