Sentence examples for hard insisting from inspiring English sources

If the novel has a fault, it's that it almost works too hard, insisting on doing a little too much of our thinking for us.

In order to get Jared and Ivanka into their White House jobs in the first place, Gorelick had to push the legal envelope hard, insisting that the federal anti-nepotism law did not apply to White House staff, a position with which many experts on legal ethics and Democrats in Congress disagreed.

But we objected that: (1) Donald Trump was not simply a president of the opposing party, but a dishonest bigot and misogynist who had vowed to put Hillary Clinton in jail; and (2) Gorelick was pushing the legal envelope hard, insisting that the federal anti-nepotism law did not apply to White House staff, a position with which many experts on legal ethics and Democrats in Congress disagreed.

"We are not a broken army, but we are working very hard," insists one senior officer.

There will always be some tedious blow-hard insisting that all they do to keep fit is run up and down on the spot, wearing their old school plimsolls – these people really should shut up.

Still, I wish Mr. Nielsen, Mr. Fitch and the voice coaches at Tanglewood had ridden the cast harder, insisting that making the words clear was more important than singing prettily.

Harding insisted that he never knew "exactly what [Foster] had done".

Harding insisted on the removal of a small feature of Liberty's face, which seemed to him to suggest a dimple, something he did not consider suggestive of peace, and the sculptor then did so.

Theranos's lawyers have taken a hard line, insisting that Walgreens is contractually bound by their agreement.

For a while, I got to memorize the score of "Rent," and had a hard time insisting on equal time for the original ("La Bohème").

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has stood firm on his hard line, insisting his members are well aware of the consequences of breaking ranks.