How to Use insistent in a Sentence

insistent

adjective

• We listened to the insistent crashing of waves on the beach.
• Margaret Sanger is remembered as an insistent crusader for birth control.
• Nothing kills the mood like the insistent squeak of a noisy mattress.
  — Megan Griffith, Health, 4 Feb. 2023
• The tears pressed at the back of her throat, more insistent this time, and Mickey swallowed them, hard.
  — ELLE, 26 Apr. 2023
• For some, the absence of buffets seems to have made the heart grow fonder, or the stomach more insistent.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2022
• Coach Arthur Smith was insistent that the Falcons, who began the game ranked 31st in rushing, could run the ball against the Jaguars.
  — George Henry, ajc, 29 Nov. 2021
• And that Joe Biden has been insistent that schools remain open at all costs.
  — Molly Osberg, The New Republic, 14 Jan. 2022
• But Teddy Horne was insistent that she not be cast as a maid.
  — Donald Bogle, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023
• With Connor Ingram in the net, the Coyotes weathered the Flames' insistent offense and turned away 42 shots in the game.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2023
• That said, Ged is insistent that his mission is to take on big business.
  — David Prosser, Forbes, 7 July 2022
• Dallas needed to be more insistent with the run and not default to the passing game at the first sign of resistance.
  — Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2022
• The creepiness is all the more insistent for being so rueful and polite.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2023
• Some critics, in fact, are insistent that the streamer is already there.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 28 Apr. 2022
• From the dry cleaner’s to the stationery store, from Zabar’s to Barney Greengrass, Chloe pursues the siblings, as pesky and insistent as a gnat.
  — The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
• Lest any would-be swimmers remain tempted to give it a go, the signage is insistent.
  — Christopher Flavelle Sophie Park, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2023
• Lenhard was insistent that show producers had a First Amendment right to be there.
  — Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022
• She was woken from a deep sleep in darkness, in the unfamiliar room, by a harsh, insistent buzzing on the nightstand.
  — Andrew Martin, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
• The comics say one thing, insistent on holding onto a past established by writers and artists who are no longer with us.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2023
• Wall Street has become insistent on growth and returns.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• In the register of his voice, the calm vivisection of British actions can mount by degrees into the more insistent tones of a man who has truth on his side.
  — Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022
• The instructor was so insistent upon the lesson that students were never allowed to sit in the same seat twice.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022
• Tapie is insistent on the V-12 configuration, and makes no bones about it.
  — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2022
• Meanwhile the secret was guarded with all precautions against the insistent prying of rivals in the art.
  — Celia Storey, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2022
• Sherman held the camera’s focus with his insistent blue eyes.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
• The sound of insistent knocking sends Gina into a Kafkaesque tailspin.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2021
• There were some selections pinned to Pam, that Krieg Thomas was insistent on including.
  — Lily Moayeri, Variety, 16 June 2022
• The exhaust note is an insistent presence that fills the car with nervous energy just cruising around town.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 2 Oct. 2022
• Adrian does hesitate to bring the children, but Matey is insistent.
  — Perri Klass, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
• Meanwhile, crisp shards of cabbage nearby carried the restrained yet insistent power of fish sauce and chiles.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 6 Dec. 2023
• But Wiley was insistent that the documents charge was serious enough on its own terms.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024