Sentence examples for insisted on trying from inspiring English sources

Despite the captain's warning, Greenhow insisted on trying to escape in a rowboat with several others.

Jobs, remembered Esslinger last weekend, "stubbornly insisted on trying new things".

They clammed up, avoided confrontation, and insisted on trying to change the subject.

The Justice Department had insisted on trying Zacarias Moussaoui, a French-born member of Al Qaeda arrested in Minnesota.

The Iraqi government has insisted on trying him in the country, under Iraqi law and by Iraqi judges.

One annoying photographer insisted on trying to ask us questions during the service, which I found a bit difficult.

"If Republicans insist on trying to use it as leverage again, then you can see more talk about it," said one Senate Democratic aide, who was echoed by a Democratic aide on the House side.

Often, one or more students would insist on trying to convey the original question, waving their arms and making other gestures, until the professor's face became a mask of annoyance and he suggested that, out of consideration for the rest of the class, the discussion be continued during his office hours.

I insist that the point I was making is one to be made, because I insist on trying to face the political aspect of Aurora - and now of the mass killing in suburban Milwaukee.

Although Jesus said many times "do not be afraid" and when asked about this specific issue replied: "No one knows the day, nor the hour," some still insist on trying to announce the final day and inspire fear in their followers.

And teenagers who insist on trying marijuana are better off waiting until they're older.