Sentence examples for insisted in the face of from inspiring English sources

He refused to boycott the 1936 Games in Nazi Germany and insisted, in the face of heavy criticism, that the 1972 Olympics in Munich, West Germany, be continued despite the murders of 11 Israeli athletes by Palestinian terrorists.

Jihadist terror attacks were not driven by British and US wars in the Muslim world, he insisted – in the face of his own intelligence reports – but by an "extremist ideology" rooted in problems of "identity".

Judge Sotomayor insisted, in the face of skeptical questioning, that she would never allow her background to determine the outcome of a case.

A highly vocal minority of "AIDS denialists" had emerged who insisted, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, that HIV did not lead to AIDS, and that poppers and other gay male sexual practices were the real culprit.

Geoff Lockwood, chairman of the trust, continued to insist, in the face of increasing scepticism, that restoration was still feasible.

That poor, blinkered woman, "insisting" in the face of official medical evidence that absolutely agrees with her.

As summer ended, laid-off dot-commers, some of whom had taken time off to play and reassess, reinvested themselves in job searches, insisting in the face of doubters that their niche would rise again.

This feeling maybe accounts for the passion of those public figures when they insist, in the face of reason, taste and what happened at Knossos, that full and accurate resurrection is achievable.

Major and his ministers dug their own grave by insisting, in the face of the evidence, that the policy was going to plan and could not be altered under any circumstances.

After insisting, in the face of quite aggressive probing, that people gave because they wanted to, she went on: "If you want to encourage people to help the communities and help society and do Big Society then you must give them incentives to do so".

At his trial in January Mr Juppé angered the judges by insisting, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary and confessions, that he had not been aware of the scam in which Paris town hall and private companies paid the salaries of up to 175 activists from the RPR party, the predecessor of the UMP.