Take a firm stand

Usage examples of insist.

Maggie had insisted that Miss Abernethy would be mortally insulted by a food basket.

She should insist on staying, but Abram spoke to her profile and changed her mind for her.

Receiving Adams with all customary cordiality, Franklin insisted that he move in with him to quarters previously occupied by Silas Deane.

When Ridley insisted he must, Adams agreed, but then, putting on his coat to leave, seemed to change his mind.

Nor had Adams proven himself a monarchist, as some like Maclay kept insisting.

Nor did reason have any bearing on what was happening in France, Adams insisted in another letter: Reasoning has been all lost.

Convinced that Adams was deliberately withholding information favorable to the French, Republicans in and out of Congress began insisting that the documents be made available at once.

Though it was clearly a violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution guaranteeing freedom of speech, its Federalist proponents in Congress insisted, like Adams, that it was a war measure, and an improvement on the existing common law in that proof of the truth of the libel could be used as a legitimate defense.

Kundera himself has insisted that his novels, like all novels, be received aesthetically rather than politically.

Later he recalled that one of the agents was Tom Callaghan, but still insisted that he, Refai, was not the target of any investigation.

After Please Please Me, which included all four sides of their first two singles, they insisted that their singles not be included on their albums so that fans would not have to buy the same recordings over again.

Colonel Alkides trying to be respectful to his superiors even when they insisted on standing in his line of fire.

Sir Alured, under these circumstances, discussed his own death with extreme satisfaction, and insisted on having it discussed by the others.

The next morning at the office Andi beat against the latest barrage of incoming paperwork, only breaking at nine twenty-five because Lena swung around with a level gaze and insisted she call her mother.

One lad, who did not train in the set of Andy and his friends, insisted on joining in the chorus with one of the singers, and matters got to such a pass that the manager rang down the curtain and threatened to stop the performance unless the students behaved.