insistently
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Like Lake, defensive lineman Kobie Turner insistently cautioned that whatever Donald decides to do or not do was his former teammate’s prerogative.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The Revolution’s meaning was not merely preserved; it was pressed, insistently, toward the question of slavery.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Leo, the first US-born pope, has repeatedly and ever more insistently called for peace in the Middle East and this week directly urged US President Donald Trump to find an "off-ramp".
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
And yet precisely for this reason, the Light Phone company succeeds at quietly, if insistently, announcing, There is an alternative.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2025
The little head he had pressed protectively to his chest had left an invisible imprint there that called insistently to be filled.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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