Insists 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 | However General Barno insists the US presence poses no threat to Iran. | |
| 2. | verb | He insists on playing another game. | |
| 3. | verb | He insists on going to the park with his father. | |
| 4. | verb | Mr Johnson insists on his theory. | |
| 5. | verb | Jack insists that he has nothing to do with the crime. | |
| 6. | verb | What annoys me is that, although I object, she insists on buying it. | |
| 7. | verb | Mother insists that I should eat more vegetables. | |
| 8. | verb | The eyes themselves can become selective, ignoring part of what is there, and the brain sometimes insists on seeing things that don't exist at all. | |
| 9. | verb | He always insists on having everything his own way. | |
| 10. | verb | She insists on her son being innocent. | |
| 11. | verb | Mother insists that we should be home by seven in the evening. | |
| 12. | verb | My mother insists that I should not go out after dark. | |
| 13. | verb | He insists on things being done in the most efficient way and he usually does them that way himself. | |
| 14. | verb | There's no way to convince him. He absolutely insists that the only way to solve the problem is his way. | |
| 15. | verb | Your mother insists upon your accepting it. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| However General Barno insists the US presence poses no threat to Iran. |
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| He insists on playing another game. | |
| He insists on going to the park with his father. | |
| Mr Johnson insists on his theory. | |
| Jack insists that he has nothing to do with the crime. | |
| What annoys me is that, although I object, she insists on buying it. | |
| Mother insists that I should eat more vegetables. | |
| The eyes themselves can become selective, ignoring part of what is there, and the brain sometimes insists on seeing things that don't exist at all. | |
| He always insists on having everything his own way. | |
| She insists on her son being innocent. | |
| Mother insists that we should be home by seven in the evening. | |
| My mother insists that I should not go out after dark. | |
| He insists on things being done in the most efficient way and he usually does them that way himself. | |
| There's no way to convince him. He absolutely insists that the only way to solve the problem is his way. | |
| Your mother insists upon your accepting it. | |