Sentence examples for insisted to do from inspiring English sources

"He went to work and insisted to do his duty regardless of any political situation and in spite of their threats," said Maamoun Abdulkarim, Syria's antiquities chief.

[Participant in mid-twenties uneducated, and married at the age of 14 years] I did not want sex with my husband during the early days of my pregnancy [to save my pregnancy] because I already had a miscarriage but he insisted to do it.

One woman who was married at the age of 14, uneducated and wife of a delivery boy stated, I did not want sex with my husband during the early days of my pregnancy [to save my pregnancy] because I already had a miscarriage but he insisted to do it.

On the stroll in the park, they decided — purely as a goof, she insists — to do the opposite of "Classical Wedding Music".

Sometimes when she's not convinced and insists to do something that will be bad for her, you have to be firm and convince her a way or another.

Carson insisted to reporters: "I didn't make that announcement.

Frank Gehry has always insisted that to do his best work, he needs a close relationship with a strong client.

Richard Nixon insisted he had to do this to protect national security.

Why insist on seeking to do that which in all probability can not be done?

None of that, she insists, had anything to do with her remaining persistently single.

The legal principle upon which Shylock insists has nothing to do with tolerance or human rights.