Sentence examples for insistence on being called from inspiring English sources

They talk about her perfect Spanish, her humble black outfits, her insistence on being called Sonia, without the honorific "jueza" or "judge".

His early embrace of the Nation of Islam and his insistence on being called Muhammad Ali instead of his 'slave name' (Cassius Clay) heralded a new era in black pride.

The presenter's sense of irritation is tangible through the examples she used to describe the patient (e.g. the patient's insistence on being called by her marital name), through her tone of voice as she mimicked the patient's way of speaking, and through the feelings she expressed about the patient (e.g. "she irritates me", "it's unbearable").

Dr. Carlotta Berry wrote of her insistence and expectation to be called Dr. Berry in the classroom.

"So silly that it's laughable," he said, marveling at Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's insistence on what has come to be called the decency commission.

In an age of instant access and shrinking screens the insistence on cinema as a communal experience can only be called utopian.

The noble Confucian model of the morally grounded intellectual speaking truth to power in a single dramatic confrontation was called on so often as to become, seemingly by intention, an unnoble and relentless insistence.

The Villard Houses, as they have always been called, reflect their namesake's European background and his lifelong insistence on the most elegant accommodations possible.

Through Tory insistence on "English Votes for English Laws" – or the West Lothian Question, as it used to be called – Labour would lose the support of its 40-odd MPs in such votes and be fighting at a disadvantage.

Mr. Mubarak's insistence on staying will again be tested by large street protests on Friday, which the demonstrators are calling his "day of departure," when they plan to march on the presidential palace.

His insistence on being just on these issues makes him unelectable by his own party.