Sentence examples for insisting against from inspiring English sources

No social conservative has ever done the party as much harm as those Republicans who kept insisting against the facts that the Bush economy was "the greatest story never told".

Gov. Andrew Cuomo campaigned vigorously against renewing the New York surtax on high earners, which expires at the end of the year, insisting against all evidence that it would drive the wealthy out of the state.

In 2010, the Tories and Lib Dems introduced £9,000 fees insisting – against a large body of popular opinion – that they were creating a better and fairer higher education system.

Instead, they treated her with extreme kid gloves, with Randy ignoring the actual singing and telling her to focus on blues-y stuff and Paula insisting against all evidence that she was "a brilliant, brilliant artist".

Yet some people still insist, against all logic, on owning a car.

They insist against logic and evidence that private lenders will voluntarily participate in refinancing Greek debt.

Urrutia Lacroix insists, against later post-Pinochet accusations, that he was only an occasional visitor.

They got to the museum — where she insisted, against his protests, on a generous tip — and parted ways.

Even President Sarkozy insisted, against all protocol, on accompanying her to one of her first euro-group finance ministers' meetings.

Even odder, Hart insists against all available evidence that "almost everyone in Washington knew" about the secret deal.

Wootton also insists, against the grain of contemporary academia, that single observed facts, what he calls "killer facts," really did polish off antique authorities.