insist
verb (used without object)
to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc..
have been insisting
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present perfect progressiveof insist.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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After a difficult year, Labour insiders have been insisting for months that the party will pull together ahead of next year's Senedd election.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
Farmers coming to Brussels on Thursday have been insisting their protest will be peaceful and security forces have handled the protests lightly so far.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
In the absence of more severe signs of economic slowdown, the rates market clearly still sees the Fed hiking hard and staying up there - much as Fed officials have been insisting.
From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2022
Reuters reported that pro-Democracy protesters have been insisting that all five of their demands are met "not one less."
From Fox News ● Oct. 23, 2019
It was not through any treachery to that duty of hope which we have been insisting on as sacred: it was through a change in the public rather than in ourselves.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
