Insist can be categorized as a verb.
Verb |
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| insist - assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society" | ||
| insist - be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!" | ||
| insist - beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them" |
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| 1. | verb | I must insist! | |
| 2. | verb | However Pakistani officials insist that the decision was unconnected to the tripartite meeting. | |
| 3. | verb | We insist that no one, especially the state, is allowed to coerce people into marriage or bar two consenting adults, whether of the same or differing genders, from forming the family unit that lets them be more fully loving, thus more fully human. | |
| 4. | verb | You insist upon our taking that course of action. | |
| 5. | verb | You always insist that you are in the right. | |
| 6. | verb | I'll do it, if you insist. | |
| 7. | verb | We insist that a meeting be held as soon as possible. | |
| 8. | verb | We insist that this project be carried out immediately. | |
| 9. | verb | You're playing with fire if you insist on riding your motorcycle without a helmet on. | |
| 10. | verb | It will make most Americans uncomfortable if you insist on their accepting expensive gifts. | |
| 11. | verb | Some people insist that television does more harm than good. | |
| 12. | verb | And that's why for almost a hundred years, any employee has been able to go to his employer and insist on being paid in cash. | |
| 13. | verb | Jimmy insist on my taking him to the zoo. | |
| 14. | verb | If you insist, I'll have another drink. | |
| 15. | verb | I will borrow it then, if you insist. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| I must insist! |
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| However Pakistani officials insist that the decision was unconnected to the tripartite meeting. |
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| We insist that no one, especially the state, is allowed to coerce people into marriage or bar two consenting adults, whether of the same or differing genders, from forming the family unit that lets them be more fully loving, thus more fully human. |
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| You insist upon our taking that course of action. | |
| You always insist that you are in the right. | |
| I'll do it, if you insist. | |
| We insist that a meeting be held as soon as possible. | |
| We insist that this project be carried out immediately. | |
| You're playing with fire if you insist on riding your motorcycle without a helmet on. | |
| It will make most Americans uncomfortable if you insist on their accepting expensive gifts. | |
| Some people insist that television does more harm than good. | |
| And that's why for almost a hundred years, any employee has been able to go to his employer and insist on being paid in cash. | |
| Jimmy insist on my taking him to the zoo. | |
| If you insist, I'll have another drink. | |
| I will borrow it then, if you insist. | |