insistent
Example Sentences
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If it seems insistent, it’s because Mr. Pence takes pride in the fact that those were, undeniably, conservative times in America.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
He was insistent he needed the striker and a deal was done.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Survival has its own language—quieter than we expect, but no less insistent.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
We’ll take that over the insistent blandness and flatlining performances that “The Faithful” is serving.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
It was made of gray stone, grotesquely solid, jammed hard against the wooden side of the house, with the insistent veranda holding it there.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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