Words similar to insist

Example sentences for: insist

How can you use “insist” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

I insist on knowing the names, on being interested only in books left ajar, like doors; I will not go looking for keys."
U.S. officials insist that at most these troops might be dispatched to "escort" Kosovars back to their villages once "hostilities" have ended.
Why insist?
Despite all the completely compelling arguments offered in the preceding paragraphs, it would be silly and dishonest to insist that
The good points include its realism: Even as it invokes the traditional language of time, it does not in fact insist on squeezing events into a rigid chronological mold.