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The phrase "a little insistent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is somewhat persistent or firm in their requests or demands, but not overly so.
Example: "She was a little insistent about getting the report finished by the end of the day."
Alternatives: "somewhat persistent" or "a bit demanding".
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It felt a little insistent, but as a corrective to earlier plot points, as when Holmes romanced a woman to gain access to her employer's files, also overdue.
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Written by Mr. First and sung by Lisa Karrer, it is seductively melodic if a little overly insistent, like Ravel's "Bolero".
Some suggest being a little more insistent on credit when doing a favor, which might work though it sounds exhausting; a favor is not a rug in a Moroccan souk where haggling is appropriate.
"In the beginning, there are only slight offenses, a husband who is a little too insistent and domineering with his wife, but then the husband's ascendancy becomes more prominent and each time the victim strikes back, the tone changes and physical violence can set in," she said in an interview together with Mr. Geoffroy.
Your story was inspiring but a little too insistent that young people should start businesses.
But they've been a little more insistent in recent years.
The book may be small in size and length, but it covers a truly amazing amount of material -- much of which was surprising and fresh even to one who has followed the adventures of human beings in space since the first Sputnik dazzled us with its little, insistent beep and its infinitesimal point of light across the night sky.
When she deigns to smile, it's tight and lasts only a second; she has no time to spare, and is anxious to seal the deal with Chris so that she can move forward with the life she has planned — with a little help or insistent "inspiration" from her mother, Marvelous (Tamara Tunie).
Their faith in science drives them to take control of a situation, to treat it, by turning it into a story — a little dry, maybe, and insistent on foreshadowing and clear causality.
It is also a little self-referential and insistent, in a jealous-God sort of way, on one point: all government officials, it says, must promise to "be bound by oath or affirmation to support this Constitution".
A note of ugliness amid ballet's insistent beauty, a little nightmare now and then: it's always a good sign.
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