Insisting can be categorized as a 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" | ||
Noun |
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| insisting - continual and persistent demands |
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| 1. | verb | As scientists keep insisting, there is neither good nor bad in any scientific discovery. | |
| 2. | verb | He was urgent in insisting that she call the doctor. | |
| 3. | verb | I am not insisting on it. If you don't like it, just don't take it. | |
| 4. | verb | The problem with fundamentalists insisting on a literal interpretation of the Bible is that the meaning of words change. A prime example is 'Spare the rod, spoil the child'. A rod was a stick used by shepherds to guide their sheep to go in the desired direction. Shepherds did not use it to beat their sheep. The proper translation of the saying is 'Give your child guidance, or they will go astray.' It does not mean 'Beat the shit out of your child or he will become rotten', as many fundamentalist parents seem to believe. | |
| 5. | verb | He kept insisting that he wasn't wrong. | |
| 6. | verb | Sami called Layla insisting they get back together. | |
| 7. | verb | Some Italians display a theatrical nonchalance, insisting on shaking hands while lamenting loudly how absurd it all is that championship soccer fixtures are being postponed. | |
| 8. | verb | I don't get why you keep insisting. | |
| 9. | verb | Your insisting won't change anything. | |
| 10. | verb | Yanni kept insisting that nothing was wrong. | |
| 11. | verb | Yanni is insisting that Skura go in first. | |
| 12. | verb | Insisting is stubbornness. To persevere is determination. | |
| 13. | verb | I must insist! | |
| 14. | verb | However Pakistani officials insist that the decision was unconnected to the tripartite meeting. | |
| 15. | 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. |
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| As scientists keep insisting, there is neither good nor bad in any scientific discovery. | |
| He was urgent in insisting that she call the doctor. | |
| I am not insisting on it. If you don't like it, just don't take it. | |
| The problem with fundamentalists insisting on a literal interpretation of the Bible is that the meaning of words change. A prime example is 'Spare the rod, spoil the child'. A rod was a stick used by shepherds to guide their sheep to go in the desired direction. Shepherds did not use it to beat their sheep. The proper translation of the saying is 'Give your child guidance, or they will go astray.' It does not mean 'Beat the shit out of your child or he will become rotten', as many fundamentalist parents seem to believe. | |
| He kept insisting that he wasn't wrong. | |
| Sami called Layla insisting they get back together. | |
| Some Italians display a theatrical nonchalance, insisting on shaking hands while lamenting loudly how absurd it all is that championship soccer fixtures are being postponed. | |
| I don't get why you keep insisting. | |
| Your insisting won't change anything. | |
| Yanni kept insisting that nothing was wrong. | |
| Yanni is insisting that Skura go in first. | |
| Insisting is stubbornness. To persevere is determination. | |
| 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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