Sentence examples for insisted on serving from inspiring English sources

They insisted on serving wine in extremely fine crystal; sometimes he demanded to use a jelly jar, prophylactically.

The sixteenth-century Mogul emperor Akbar called it "the water of immortality," and insisted on serving it at court.

But Ayers, who has young children, had insisted on serving temporarily, which frustrated Trump, who had wanted a replacement to stay on through 2020.

Never pretentious, they say he even insisted on serving small hot dogs as appetizers at fancy parties, because he thought that was what guests liked to eat.

She insisted on serving and clearing, as she says she does at the dinner parties she often throws for 20 or more guests.

The Egyptian army, which, unlike Tunisia's politics-shy military, stepped in last winter to oversee the transition, has insisted on serving as an executive branch, wielding much the same sweeping powers as did Mr Mubarak.

But when Irma arrives the first guest, Betty insists on serving her the one bottle of French champagne.

I have a friend who insists on serving cassoulet only after a day or two in the fridge, then heating it slowly, for the same reason.

Peter Grunauer insists on serving ducks that are raised by a Chinese poultryman in New Jersey who can supply only 15 a week, so this specialty is not often available.

When the trembling, aged retainer Doug Arthur Frenchh) insists on serving dinner to the fractious family and then spills the biscuits, the moment plays like tragedy.

Why, for example, does he insist on serving up huge gristly chunks of talk that bear no resemblance to human conversation?