Sentence examples for insisted against from inspiring English sources
Even President Sarkozy insisted, against all protocol, on accompanying her to one of her first euro-group finance ministers' meetings.
They got to the museum — where she insisted, against his protests, on a generous tip — and parted ways.
They have also fiercely insisted, against much opposition, on keeping the European Parliament in Strasbourg.Yet France and the French have always been ambivalent about Europe.
As head of Unilever South Africa, he insisted, against opposition, on unsegregated toilets.Leftish credibility has helped him to build Unilever too.
He talked freely about having once assaulted an art director who insisted, against Mr. Weber's wishes, on producing a smoke bomb for a picture.
— and a young couple on the other side of his table insisted, against his polite but firm protestations, on buying him a chocolate mousse.
Yet some people still insist, against all logic, on owning a car.
They insist against logic and evidence that private lenders will voluntarily participate in refinancing Greek debt.
Urrutia Lacroix insists, against later post-Pinochet accusations, that he was only an occasional visitor.
Even odder, Hart insists against all available evidence that "almost everyone in Washington knew" about the secret deal.
Wootton also insists, against the grain of contemporary academia, that single observed facts, what he calls "killer facts," really did polish off antique authorities.
