Example Sentences

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Mediators said the U.S. was insisting on a comprehensive deal that addresses Iran’s stockpiles of enriched uranium.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

It wasn’t a full-court “You must do this pitch” from my end, nor was it something that I was insisting that the Times do.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2025

Just as she was insisting that the job wasn't for her, this happened.

From Scientific American • Aug. 3, 2023

At the time, Jeffrey K. Hadden, a University of Virginia sociologist and a Robertson biographer, said Robertson’s masterstroke was insisting that three million followers across the U.S. sign petitions before he would decide to run.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2023

“There is absolutely no point in discussing this,” Handsome was insisting impatiently.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el