Sentence examples for insistence on calling from inspiring English sources

"The one thing I valued about my Quaker upbringing was the insistence on calling things by their proper names.

He will be remembered for one of British comedy's most popular running jokes: Trigger's insistence on calling Only Fools and Horses' Rodney "Dave".

Certain leaden devices, such as Marcie's insistence on calling Peppermint Patty "sir," were heavily recycled.

The state department's insistence on calling its science envoys "private citizens", too, is cause for concern.

But our insistence on calling the fall classic the World Series feeds worldwide views of American hubris.

But Mendes's insistence on calling attention to his auteurism has him competing with his own cast for our attention.

His insistence on immediately calling senior health officials in Kampala jump-started the government's public-awareness campaign.

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").

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.

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

Mr. Berloni is typical of a growing number of trainers around the country in his insistence on house calls.