insisted; insisting; insists
1
: to be emphatic, firm, or resolute about something intended, demanded, or required
They insist on going.
2
archaic
: persist
: to maintain in a persistent or positive manner
insisted that the story was true
Synonyms
Examples of insist in a Sentence
I didn't want to go, but she insisted.
“Come on, let's go.” “Oh, all right, if you insist.”
She insists the money is hers.
Recent Examples on the Web
But Louvre president Laurence des Cars – herself the first woman to lead the museum — insists Buffin’s nomination had nothing to do with gender.
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The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Food general manager Laurie Ochoa insists that the unadorned hot pastrami on rye is the one true way to eat Langer’s pastrami.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
Either that or their internal electronic data interchange (EDI) teams insist on repeatedly building custom integrations whenever onboarding new trading partners, joining a new digital marketplace or bringing another e-commerce platform into their digital ecosystem.
—Mahesh Rajasekharan, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
In many ways, there may not be a more provocative, or evocative, advocate than the Houston coach for a college basketball event that challenges the NCAA’s traditional enforcement ideology, even as Players Era’s organizers insist on their whole-hearted commitment to compliance.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2024
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The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Food general manager Laurie Ochoa insists that the unadorned hot pastrami on rye is the one true way to eat Langer’s pastrami.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
Either that or their internal electronic data interchange (EDI) teams insist on repeatedly building custom integrations whenever onboarding new trading partners, joining a new digital marketplace or bringing another e-commerce platform into their digital ecosystem.
—Mahesh Rajasekharan, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
In many ways, there may not be a more provocative, or evocative, advocate than the Houston coach for a college basketball event that challenges the NCAA’s traditional enforcement ideology, even as Players Era’s organizers insist on their whole-hearted commitment to compliance.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2024
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insist
verb
in·sist
in-ˈsist 
1
: to place special stress or great importance
insists on punctuality
2
: to make a demand : request urgently
insisted that I come
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