Sentence examples for insisted on ordering from inspiring English sources

Isadora Duncan came when she was broke and insisted on ordering Champagne.

Della's husband had insisted on ordering something different, and when Della tasted her husband's food, he refused to eat it.

Although I was sated with food and wine, I insisted on ordering tea, if only to satisfy my curiosity.

This is from Casino Royale: Bond insisted on ordering Leiter's Haig-and-Haig "on the rocks" and then he looked carefully at the barman.

I, for one, still insist on ordering a "small" coffee, not a "tall," and on shutting out most of the 24/7 sales messages that attempt to invade my personal space.

Though his head falls regularly to one side and his eyes will sometimes go dead and absent, he insists on ordering chateaubriand for breakfast in a voice that suggests God as a gourmand.

The manipulative Francis reverts to bossing his brothers, insisting on ordering their food and carrying their passports.

And then the creature in front of you at the coffee shop insists on ordering a banquet for 40 rather than a single cappuccino.

When a steak-devouring opponent urges her to try the porterhouse at a fancy Washington restaurant, she demurely refuses and insists on ordering the penne.

If you insist on ordering an entree as well as tapas, the salmon en panela is a reliable choice — a filet of caramelized salmon graced with a pear-carrot sauce and served over a hash of wild mushrooms and asparagus.

If Lee happens to go into the bakery business, Ashers could insist on ordering a cake from him with the words "support heterosexual marriage" (or, presumably, "reject gay marriage").