insist
verb (used without object)
to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc..
insisted
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past participleof insist.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof insist.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
insistverb (used without object)to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc..
Example Sentences
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Yet Southern politicians had insisted there could be no Union-saving Compromise of 1850 without the law, which forced every citizen of the North to cooperate in returning black people to bondage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Burnham "promised a ten-year plan of national renewal", pledged "defence spending will rise" and "insisted he would help people fight cost of living pressures".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Ratko Mladic, the so-called "butcher of Bosnia" who has reportedly died at the age of either 83 or 84, had insisted he was chosen by "fate" to defend the Serb people from a Western onslaught.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
He has insisted Davis made up statements to Los Angeles police in 2008 and to Las Vegas police a year later that put him at the scene of the crime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
She insisted, “I must either give you up from this moment on, or give up those who are very dear to me …” But Maggie also insisted he remember, “you have my love.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
