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Example sentences for: insisted

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

The next day, when reporters asked what the soldiers had been up to, Lockhart insisted "they were left there in a peaceful and peacekeeping fashion, as a peacekeeping force."
When Waste Management Inc. changed its name to WMX Technologies, CEO Dean Buntrock insisted that adopting the non-descriptive name meant the company was "growing up [and] raising our profile."
Peppered with hostile questions, Gore defended the Justice Department's lawsuit and insisted that the nation's antitrust laws represent a "basic American value."
Until now, the FBI has insisted that the tear gas fired at the compound had no incendiary potential.
This is not impossible to say, but it means `She insisted that he had already flown home [though it is unlikely that he had].