Sentence examples for insisted out from inspiring English sources

Loving and knowing me as she did, I can't begin to fathom why my mom insisted out of the blue one day that I ingest a thick tongue sandwich instead of the delicious deli she usually got.

The article reported that Singer was protected "by an industry in which a record of producing hits confers immense power: Many of the sources we interviewed insisted, out of fear of damaging their own career, that we withhold their name, even as they expressed dismay at the behavior they'd witnessed".

West Brom's caretaker boss Keith Downing insists out-of-sorts striker Nicolas Anelka has a big part to play in their Christmas fixtures despite his indifferent start to life at The Hawthorns.

He insisted on finding out everything – everything.

The Tillman family, however, insisted on finding out what had happened.

Mr Chambers insisted on sorting out the problem before arriving, more than half an hour late, at the meeting.

Nike insisted on an out clause if sales didn't take off.

"Even though he was frail, he insisted on coming out on the streets and knocking on doors.

She began to "specialize" in pictures of kids, though not, she insists, out of any particular feeling for them: "People think I love children, but I don't.

Not, he insists, out of arrogance (although there is a healthy dash of arrogance about him), but a fear that he will be over-influenced by other plays.

Zuckerman says, "I didn't go into journalism to make money — a wise decision," but he insists, out of some combination of temperament and necessity, that his publications be run like businesses.