insistently
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Ms. Harris’s book is insistently shallow, almost as if that were a virtue, a sign of authenticity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
A dog at the next table barks insistently, irate that its owner has abandoned it for the brunch spread.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024
Even when speaking of serious things, Louganis remains boyishly energetic, smiling beneath a portrait of him with his dogs while the pets bark insistently for his attention.
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024
What it’s about, however worthy, is so much smaller than what it insistently isn’t.
From New York Times • May 13, 2024
Crane-man picked up a little rice in his fingers, and insistently, but still without a word, began feeding Tree-ear as if he were a baby.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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