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.
• Over the past year, the call for equal pay has grown louder and more insistent.
  — Kim Churches, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2019
• And yet, the doubts buzzing in the back of his brain kept growing louder and more insistent.
  — Chris Nashawaty, WIRED, 30 July 2024
• 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
• But the drivers themselves have been insistent, even months ago, that the Cup remain on the oval.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2020
• Finally, there’s a loud, insistent knock on the door…and it’s Charisse.
  — Jodi Walker, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2020
• 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
• In summer the cicadas are insistent and the warm air is infused with the scent of wild rosemary.
  — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2020
• Ann is a different kind of artist, and a less insistent presence in the film.
  — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2021
• Harry shows up drunk and insistent, and Adam sends him away.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2024
• 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
• Gino, on the other hand, has been insistent on his desire to have a kid with his wide.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
• For me, there was also the press of time, which suddenly felt insistent and rushed.
  — Caroline Van Hemert, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2020
• These pictures employ the same style as the others, but their tone is more insistent.
  — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
• That said, Ged is insistent that his mission is to take on big business.
  — David Prosser, Forbes, 7 July 2022
• Saint Marie Cathedral, circa 1604, with its insistent bells, is just down the rue.
  — David Holahan, courant.com, 13 Sep. 2019
• Arquette was insistent that Cox, 60, takes longer to get ready, but the Scream actress wasn't having it.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
• That silent, insistent thrill in my heart, the breathless feeling in my chest, the bell ringing gently in my ears.
  — Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2020
• Bennett, told the question hasn’t been raised quite yet, was insistent.
  — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Oct. 2020
• One friend is insistent, while the other is more quiet.
  — Chelsea Cook, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2020
• Zarif is insistent that there will be no changes to the original agreement.
  — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 2 Feb. 2021
• 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
• His drumming was essential to the daring leap the Bee Gees made into the disco years, providing an insistent pulse for some of the decade’s most memorable hits.
  — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
• Since then, updates on a fourth movie have been few and far between, though Holland and studio executives remained insistent a sequel would be made.
  — Jordan Greene, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024