Example Sentences

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I’ve been on food stamps myself; it occurs to me that I am insisting on the necessity of expanding a system that consistently makes him feel like shit.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 6, 2018

I’m not suggesting that a biography of a major artist should be dominated by gossip, but I am insisting that it be filled with life: flawed, messy, and brilliant.

From Slate • May 31, 2018

"When I say well-groomed, well-shaved, well-perfumed, it's a characteristic that I am insisting on among the young. I don't care about their education, since education always comes first of all from the family."

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2016

What I am insisting upon is, that the sacred Writers plainly say,—We stand or we fall together.

From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by Burgon, John William

But remember, Charles, that when I am insisting so much on mental delicacy, I am assuming that all is right in still more essential points.

From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by More, Hannah