Sentence examples for insists on ordering from inspiring English sources

Though his head falls regularly to one side and his eyes will sometimes go dead and absent, he insists on ordering chateaubriand for breakfast in a voice that suggests God as a gourmand.

When a steak-devouring opponent urges her to try the porterhouse at a fancy Washington restaurant, she demurely refuses and insists on ordering the penne.

And then the creature in front of you at the coffee shop insists on ordering a banquet for 40 rather than a single cappuccino.

She's outrageous, an affront to society, and at dinner with the subdued Julian and his Thai mistress she insists on ordering for all three of them before insulting both her guests and throwing herself into the deadly game of revenge.

Peter is unhappily married, and he seems to have pilfered some of his father's belongings; Jack is a morose Lothario, his pursuits affording only the barest pleasure; and Francis, his head still bandaged after a motorcycle crash, is the organizer of the trip, who insists on ordering food for his siblings as if they were his kids.

I, for one, still insist on ordering a "small" coffee, not a "tall," and on shutting out most of the 24/7 sales messages that attempt to invade my personal space.

Isadora Duncan came when she was broke and insisted on ordering Champagne.

The manipulative Francis reverts to bossing his brothers, insisting on ordering their food and carrying their passports.

Although I was sated with food and wine, I insisted on ordering tea, if only to satisfy my curiosity.

This is from Casino Royale: Bond insisted on ordering Leiter's Haig-and-Haig "on the rocks" and then he looked carefully at the barman.

Della's husband had insisted on ordering something different, and when Della tasted her husband's food, he refused to eat it.