Sentence examples for To insistent from inspiring English sources
adjective
Standing or resting on something.
He went to bed at midnight, then woke at 1 30 a.m. to insistent knocking.
Instead it flopped around gasping for air and then slowly wiggled back to insistent life.
It was marked with an accent, though, that altered the word's meaning to "insistent".
And to insistent drumbeats of the Indian heartland, a dancing phalanx of tunic-clad women twirls.
A huge score now, it unfolds organically, with intricate rhythms and pointillistic textures giving way to insistent, forward drive and richly contrapuntal sections.
Responding to insistent calls for stricter protective measures, the government said it would increase the testing of cattle headed for slaughterhouses.
These, then, were women who'd been subjected throughout their adult lives to an insistent message: to fulfil themselves, they must break free from socially-imposed behaviour patterns and devote themselves instead to the pursuit of their own desires.
Doing so might provide a counterweight to the insistent pressure on students to become professional researchers if they want to achieve elite status in their fields.
On women's rights, the committee came close to being insistent, asking the Foreign Office to explain what, if anything, it is doing to safeguard women's interests "worldwide".
"I am a fighter and when you're gonna fight you have to be specific, you have to be tenacious, you have to be insistent and persistent.
Still, Mr. Karzai is likely to remain insistent that any talks be limited to reducing tensions rather than achieving a comprehensive solution to the war.
