Examples of insistent in a Sentence
We listened to the insistent crashing of waves on the beach.
Margaret Sanger is remembered as an insistent crusader for birth control.
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The loud and insistent residents of Monterey Park showed that shaming and pressuring politicians can work.
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Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
What most interests me about The Emergency Playbook is how, beneath the sunny tone, there’s a calm but insistent moral outrage on display.
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Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
The landscape is didactic, insistent.
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Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
Big Thief brought a quiet, insistent warmth to Dance of Love, giving the album a unifying sense of communion that’s unusual in Zimmerman’s body of work.
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Pitchfork,
22 June 2026
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Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
What most interests me about The Emergency Playbook is how, beneath the sunny tone, there’s a calm but insistent moral outrage on display.
—
Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
The landscape is didactic, insistent.
—
Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
Big Thief brought a quiet, insistent warmth to Dance of Love, giving the album a unifying sense of communion that’s unusual in Zimmerman’s body of work.
—
Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Pitchfork,
22 June 2026
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“Insistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insistent. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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insistent
adjective
in·sis·tent
in-ˈsis-tənt 
: demanding attention : persistent
insistently
adverb
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