Sentence examples for insisted trying from inspiring English sources

"Very good," Mau insisted, trying not to taste rotted lobster.

"This is not you, Hank," his co-worker insisted, trying to calm him down.

Or was he, as he insisted, trying to live up to them?

Mr. Clinton will be in a listening mode, aides insisted, trying to figure out whether the two leaders are interested in pursuing any kind of peace settlement -- major or minor -- before the end of his presidency.

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

He insisted that trying to make computers conform to the human analogy was misguided.

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

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

My date insisted on trying what turned out to be the most expensive meal I've ever eaten in New York.

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.