Sentence examples for insisted for example from inspiring English sources

His mother insisted, for example, on attaching tennis-ball halves to the bottoms of her kitchen-chair legs, so that they wouldn't scratch the linoleum.

Opponents insisted, for example, that a new background-check law would result in gun registries, which the legislation explicitly would have forbidden.

He repeatedly insisted, for example, that he was "a very happy person" before the message to kill came, as he believes it did, out of nowhere.

The Bavarians insisted, for example, on reintroducing tax breaks for commuters, even though they voted in the federal Parliament to abolish them.

He repeatedly insisted, for example, that people had lied when they portrayed him as a hateful bigot before the crime, fascinated by violence and hard-core music.

He insisted, for example, that in translating this "late Tolstoy," one should not make the mistake of imposing on it a literary, stylish rhetoric, as so many translators have done.

He insists, for example, on serving house-made tortillas.

He insists, for example, on cutting off money for cancer screenings conducted by Planned Parenthood.

He insists, for example, on the pronunciation HOO-moose for his signature dish.

They insist, for example, that three players are featured in any pictures used.

Mr. Newhouse insists, for example, that Mr. Bush "arrived in Washington a convinced unilateralist".