Sentence examples for as insistence from inspiring English sources

Australia's "proposal" of offshore processing is heard in Nauru as insistence.

He liked to use the word "Satyagraha", loosely translated as "insistence on truth", to mean civil disobedience.

He preached "satyagraha" (a Sanskrit term loosely translated as "insistence upon truth"), a philosophy of non-violence and civil disobedience.

Nothing so corrupts a campaign's credibility as insistence on the opposite of what everyone knows to be true.

Satyagraha: ASanskrit word that translates as insistence on truth, truth force or soul force.

Gandhi (1869-1948) became the leader of the nationalist movement in India, making civil disobedience, or what he called "satyagraha" -- loosely translated as "insistence on truth" -- as the moral grounding of his work.

The essence of propaganda is relentless repetition, and few names have been tossed about with as much insistence as Warhol's.

Apart from Israel's current war of words with Syria, Israel's indisposition to withdraw from all the Golan Heights is as big an impediment as its insistence on expanding settlements in the West Bank.

It was a question of dignity, I suppose, as was his insistence on having "wheels".

Yet Saatchi's enthusiasm has always counted for something, as has his insistence on going his own way.

UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari has met her a couple of times, at his insistence, as have the senior leadership of the National League for Democracy (NLD), her party.