insistent

Example Sentences

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But they don’t tell you that the time will come when you stare into the cupboard where the “Elmer the Elephant” plate used to be kept and feel a small but insistent stab of loss.

From The Wall Street Journal

After the UMG-Udio deal was announced, Jordan Bromley, a board member at the nonprofit Music Artists Coalition and Manatt Entertainment Group Leader, said he was “cautiously optimistic but insistent on details.”

From Los Angeles Times

Autumn repeats with insistent eyes, as if she’s trying to get an answer out of me.

From Literature

She might have slept longer, after the exhausting hike of the previous day, but that plunk—plunk—plunking sound was as insistent as a blacksmith’s hammer.

From Literature

All involved in the dispute are in agreement that a new school for the area is needed, and members of the local authority are insistent Whitegates is the best option.

From BBC