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
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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.
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Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025
After the canopy at Novi Sad railway station collapsed in November, Mr. Vucic initially insisted that the structure had not been part of the renovation work.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
If the lawsuit follows a similar trajectory as the Treasury Department suit, a US district court judge assigned to the DOE case may insist that DOE finally identify all DOGE employees currently accessing education databases like StudentAid.gov.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2025
Kemp broke with President Donald Trump and his allies, including Greene, by insisting that Georgia's elections were secure and refuted claims that election fraud led to Trump's election loss in the 2020 race.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
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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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