Sentence examples for found themselves insisting from inspiring English sources

In a repeat of earlier episodes, African statesmen found themselves insisting that the colonel had accepted a ceasefire even as his forces continued to pound Misrata, a rebel-held city in western Libya that has withstood a two-month siege.The military front remains deadlocked.

College administrators, wary from the beginning of using a vague word like sanctuary, find themselves in the position of insisting their campuses are not sanctuaries while adopting some of the steps activists call for.

As we have seen Mill insist, humans find themselves as embodied creatures in the world, making "spontaneous" and "unscientific" judgments about the way the world is and about their being in that world.

The film, at least, insists that people can find themselves in odd places, and that love chooses its own master, whether god or Bruce Lee.

Citing one of his mentors, he says, "In fact, at the height of the mode for social history in the Annales style, Plumb could be found insisting on the power of speech-acts to shake and shape the destiny of communities and nations".

On this particular occasion I found them both insisting -- surprisingly -- that if I wanted to understand the Russian Revolution, I had to read Maxim Gorky's Mother.

Baer might find Tony insisting on a spot of off-season fishing on his boat.

But it's odd to find Byrne insisting that Austen shared the "paternalistic Christian Toryism" of her clan.

While Admiral Lister admits flaws have been found, he insists it's only because he's looking for perfection.

The plumber found nothing, he insisted, and nor did anyone else.

But it is time to find out". However, insisting that Kim Jong Un give a full declaration of his nuclear program up front will not work.