Insist
verb
To strongly say that something is true, especially when other people do not believe you.
She insists that she is innocent.
Often appears as...
- insist on
- insist upon
verb
To demand something strongly, not accepting refusal.
He insisted on paying for dinner.
Often appears as...
- insist on
- insist upon
verb
To continue saying something firmly, especially when people think it is not true or not important.
Despite the criticism, she continued to insist her decision was correct.
Often appears as...
- continue to insist
- loudly insist
verb
To strongly say that something is true, especially when other people do not believe you.
She insists that she is innocent.
Often appears as...
- insist on
- insist upon
verb
To demand something strongly, not accepting refusal.
He insisted on paying for dinner.
Often appears as...
- insist on
- insist upon
verb
To continue saying something firmly, especially when people think it is not true or not important.
Despite the criticism, she continued to insist her decision was correct.
Often appears as...
- continue to insist
- loudly insist
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Strong Conviction
Use 'insist' to express your strong belief, showing you're confident and assertive in your stance.
Though everyone doubted, he insisted he saw a UFO.
Pro Tip 2/3Opposing Doubt
Employ 'insist' when others are skeptical or doubtful about your claim to emphasize your certainty.
I insist the project will succeed, despite the challenges.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Intensity
Use 'insist' to convey emotional intensity or urgency, often to persuade others.
She insisted we must act now to save the park.
Pro Tip 1/3Strong Conviction
Use 'insist' to express your strong belief, showing you're confident and assertive in your stance.
Though everyone doubted, he insisted he saw a UFO.
Pro Tip 2/3Opposing Doubt
Employ 'insist' when others are skeptical or doubtful about your claim to emphasize your certainty.
I insist the project will succeed, despite the challenges.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Intensity
Use 'insist' to convey emotional intensity or urgency, often to persuade others.
She insisted we must act now to save the park.
Pro Tip 1/3Strong Conviction
Use 'insist' to express your strong belief, showing you're confident and assertive in your stance.
Though everyone doubted, he insisted he saw a UFO.
Pro Tip 2/3Opposing Doubt
Employ 'insist' when others are skeptical or doubtful about your claim to emphasize your certainty.
I insist the project will succeed, despite the challenges.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Intensity
Use 'insist' to convey emotional intensity or urgency, often to persuade others.
She insisted we must act now to save the park.
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Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...
So, in that pond or in that stream the worm will go find a mate, it will lay a bunch of eggs, those eggs hatch and they burrow into mosquito larva. And they insist themselves in a mosquito larva, so when the mosquitoes emerge and they fly out, their cysts are still there and that mosquito lives its normal life,
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Zen kōans: Unsolvable...
claiming total understanding of the world around them. One such example finds three monks debating a temple flag rippling in the wind. The first monk refers to the flag as a moving banner, while the second monk insists that they are not seeing the flag move, but rather the wind blowing.
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Why wasn’t the Bill of...
These Anti-Federalists were especially worried by the text's apparent lack of protections for individual liberties. As the conventions proceeded, many of these critics shifted from opposing the Constitution entirely to insisting on adding an explicit declaration of rights.
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Homeopathy, quackery and...
We paid a lot of money for that information, be we didn't get it. The second question that I'd like to ask, rather Suppose I ask them to contact the spirit of my deceased father-in-law, as an example. Why do they insist on saying -- remember, they speak into this ear --
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How to manage your time...
but more than made up for it by spending more time making progress. So with your emails, insisting on always doing the very most important thing first could lead to a meltdown. Waking up to an inbox three times fuller than normal could take nine times longer to clear.
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What are the universal...
as well as social, economic, and cultural rights, such as the right to education and the right to freely choose one's occupation and be paid and treated fairly. The declaration takes no sides as to which rights are more important, insisting on their universality,
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We need women in...
those kinds of you know slings and arrows as it were course everyone in public life it's used to them but you know people say well gee boys she's really tough while she plays politics like the men boys she really knows they insisted she knows how to get things
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New Cage for Wu Wu PIPE...
already happening because of his degenerative eye disease guru's journey will end at the center there's nowhere else for him to go but lowness still insists on offering him the best life he can possibly experience we're trying to save the species but you
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The dirty secret of...
The greatest grift in contemporary economic life is the neoliberal idea that the only purpose of the corporation and the only responsibility of executives is to enrich themselves and shareholders. The new economics must and can insist
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The price of shame PIPE...
You can survive it. I know it's hard. It may not be painless, quick or easy, but you can insist on a different ending to your story. Have compassion for yourself. We all deserve compassion
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Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...
So, in that pond or in that stream the worm will go find a mate, it will lay a bunch of eggs, those eggs hatch and they burrow into mosquito larva. And they insist themselves in a mosquito larva, so when the mosquitoes emerge and they fly out, their cysts are still there and that mosquito lives its normal life,
Video examples
Zen kōans: Unsolvable...
claiming total understanding of the world around them. One such example finds three monks debating a temple flag rippling in the wind. The first monk refers to the flag as a moving banner, while the second monk insists that they are not seeing the flag move, but rather the wind blowing.
Video examples
Why wasn’t the Bill of...
These Anti-Federalists were especially worried by the text's apparent lack of protections for individual liberties. As the conventions proceeded, many of these critics shifted from opposing the Constitution entirely to insisting on adding an explicit declaration of rights.
Video examples
Homeopathy, quackery and...
We paid a lot of money for that information, be we didn't get it. The second question that I'd like to ask, rather Suppose I ask them to contact the spirit of my deceased father-in-law, as an example. Why do they insist on saying -- remember, they speak into this ear --
Video examples
How to manage your time...
but more than made up for it by spending more time making progress. So with your emails, insisting on always doing the very most important thing first could lead to a meltdown. Waking up to an inbox three times fuller than normal could take nine times longer to clear.
Video examples
What are the universal...
as well as social, economic, and cultural rights, such as the right to education and the right to freely choose one's occupation and be paid and treated fairly. The declaration takes no sides as to which rights are more important, insisting on their universality,
Video examples
We need women in...
those kinds of you know slings and arrows as it were course everyone in public life it's used to them but you know people say well gee boys she's really tough while she plays politics like the men boys she really knows they insisted she knows how to get things
Video examples
New Cage for Wu Wu PIPE...
already happening because of his degenerative eye disease guru's journey will end at the center there's nowhere else for him to go but lowness still insists on offering him the best life he can possibly experience we're trying to save the species but you
Video examples
The dirty secret of...
The greatest grift in contemporary economic life is the neoliberal idea that the only purpose of the corporation and the only responsibility of executives is to enrich themselves and shareholders. The new economics must and can insist
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The price of shame PIPE...
You can survive it. I know it's hard. It may not be painless, quick or easy, but you can insist on a different ending to your story. Have compassion for yourself. We all deserve compassion
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.
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Henri Frederic Amiel
Swiss Philosopher
The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.
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Sidney Poitier
American Actor
I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Russian Novelist
It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?
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Ina Garten
American Author
I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. It's the only holiday I insist on making myself.
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Tony Bennett
American Musician
I still insist that American performers are the best performers in the world.
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Shelby Lynne
American Musician
I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.
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Confucius
Chinese Philosopher
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.
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Henri Frederic Amiel
Swiss Philosopher
The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.
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Sidney Poitier
American Actor
I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Russian Novelist
It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?
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Ina Garten
American Author
I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. It's the only holiday I insist on making myself.
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Tony Bennett
American Musician
I still insist that American performers are the best performers in the world.
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Shelby Lynne
American Musician
I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.
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Confucius
Chinese Philosopher
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Example 1 of 10
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