Sentence examples for insisting like from inspiring English sources

"Then they kept calling, telling me to come, pestering and insisting, like they wouldn't let go.

"Iraq is a pretty decent blueprint for how to transition in Afghanistan," one American official said Sunday, insisting like others on anonymity to discuss the strategy before its presentation.

Sometimes she brought her dog, Daisy, who, some bar-goers insist, liked to nod her head along to the bar's throbbing Madonna soundtrack.

The posters may give off an air of desperation by grasping at youth culture, like parents insisting they like "a Skrillex".

She insists, like every parent on the planet, that she is quite different since Violet's arrival.

Both have insisted, like America and the Europeans, that it must suspend all uranium work if negotiations are to resume.

I knew about these measurements, even if I do insist like most Americans on sticking to my imperial system.

"It's good to talk," Bob Hoskins insisted like a charming baby bear.

They insist, like many Chinese entrepreneurs, that they do not show off or indulge in extravagant luxuries.

If it's smart, that is — if it doesn't insist, like us, on desperately trying to crawl back to the conditions that made the bubble.

But can't a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying the penthouse suite?