as in persistent
continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement
Margaret Sanger is remembered as an insistent crusader for birth control
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Recent Examples of insistent
All of this should significantly accelerate the timetable of the operation, but Catherine is still insistent on Peter staying put without even talking to Solomon.
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Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
The insistent insomniac, desperate for a chat, usually sighs, accepts the verdict, and slumps back into sleeplessness.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The space between each joke section becomes a palpable downshift into Wood’s more serious mode, with each of them insistent on returning to the same thought.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
An insistent focus on pointing out misinformation may even inflate the scale of the problem—to the benefit of what the writer Joseph Bernstein has labelled Big Disinfo, and to the detriment of a publication’s appeal to uncommitted readers.
—Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
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Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
The insistent insomniac, desperate for a chat, usually sighs, accepts the verdict, and slumps back into sleeplessness.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The space between each joke section becomes a palpable downshift into Wood’s more serious mode, with each of them insistent on returning to the same thought.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
An insistent focus on pointing out misinformation may even inflate the scale of the problem—to the benefit of what the writer Joseph Bernstein has labelled Big Disinfo, and to the detriment of a publication’s appeal to uncommitted readers.
—Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for insistent
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“Insistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insistent. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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