INSISTENCE in a Sentence
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280 example sentences for INSISTENCE, such as:
1. It ought to be cut down, she insisted.
2. These gayeties of a giant are worthy of insistence.
3. He insisted these photographs were not art but obscenity.
4. I tried to argue her down,but she still insisted upon doing so.
5. Her parents were united in their insistence that she go to college.
2. These gayeties of a giant are worthy of insistence.
3. He insisted these photographs were not art but obscenity.
4. I tried to argue her down,but she still insisted upon doing so.
5. Her parents were united in their insistence that she go to college.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of INSISTENCE
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insistence
n. the state of demanding notice or attention
n. continual and persistent demands
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 But his silent, brooding insistence that it should be so was hard for Clifford to bear up against.
2 "Yes, you should try more," echoed the Grandfer with insistence, as if he had been the first to make the suggestion.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
3 The letters of the name of Dublin lay heavily upon his mind, pushing one another surlily hither and thither with slow boorish insistence.
4 The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive.
5 These gayeties of a giant are worthy of insistence.
6 Louis XIII was struck with this insistence, and began to fancy that this recommendation concealed some mystery.
7 To tell them that she felt ashamed for herself and for them would be to betray her agitation, while to decline their offers to dress her would prolong their banter and insistence.
8 It ought to be cut down, she insisted.
9 Graybeards in the Home Guard and members of the state militia, safe in Atlanta, insisted they could have managed the campaign better and drew maps on tablecloths to prove their contentions.
10 "But it's got a solid-gold hilt," insisted the little trooper.
11 She insisted she was strong and did more work even than Dilcey but Scarlett knew she was sick.
12 They had all made her welcome at Mimosa and had insisted on giving, not selling, her the seed corn.
13 The Tarletons insisted that the girls stay for dinner, saying they had so few guests these days and wanted to hear all the news.
14 Scarlett had insisted on that and he had given in, though reluctantly, for he would have liked his sister and his brother-in-law from Jonesboro to be with him.
15 "Scarlett ought to be in bed," insisted Mrs. Tarleton, running her eyes over her with the expert air of one who calculated a pregnancy to the last minute of its length.
Example Sentence: (70 in 5 pages)
1 The problem with the church's insistence on clerical celibacy is not sexual but social.
2 He clashed frequently with insiders who regarded his management style and his policies as unacceptable, in particular, his insistence that bank help for poor nations be tied in future to their willingness to root out corruption.
3 Her insistence that the book be memorized marked the teacher as a pedant rather than a scholar.
4 Her parents were united in their insistence that she go to college.
5 The union has dropped its earlier insistence that workers should receive bonus payments.
6 At first he insisted on the accuracy of his account, however, he agreed with what I said.
7 I tried to argue her down,but she still insisted upon doing so.
8 He insisted these photographs were not art but obscenity.
9 An old worker spread his padded coat on the floor and insisted that I lie down for a while.
10 They insisted that a guaranteed supply of Chinese food was written into their contracts.
11 He insisted that the conflict would continue until conditions were met for a ceasefire.
12 Despite my attempts to get him to call me by my Christian name he insisted on addressing me as "Mr Kennedy".
13 He insisted on describing his operation in graphic detail while we were eating lunch.
14 She insisted on telling me every single detail of what they did to her in hospital.
15 She insisted that every scandalous detail of the story had been manufactured.