Sentence examples for insistent speaker from inspiring English sources

Sakharov died in late 1989 after an exhausting session of the Congress of Peoples Deputies, where he had been a valiant and insistent speaker, who was applauded by the "democrats" and roundly booed by the forces — in the military, the Communist Party, and the secret police — who were doing their best to force Gorbachev toward a more conservative course.

This revelation touched off a furor in Germany, not because the author served for a few months in the SS, as the German Army disintegrated, but because Mr. Grass, self-appointed conscience of postwar Germany, insistent speaker of unpleasant truths about the Nazi period, had concealed his past.

(He was so insistent about having his way that one House speaker joked that if Mr. Gramm had been around when Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai, the Texan would have substituted his own).

The situation presents a particular challenge to Speaker John A. Boehner, who has to navigate between the insistent demands of his Tea Party-backed members and the responsibility that comes with power.

"But he was very insistent, was very sure of himself when he spoke; he was a flamboyant speaker".

Several speakers emphasized Robbins's meticulous concern for detail, then added that his insistent demands resulted from a total devotion to dance.

Bonham insistent.

2. (5:25) choppy, insistent piano.

Mr. Liu was insistent.

Montgomery was insistent.

Yet Yoest was insistent.