Sentence examples for persist in calling from inspiring English sources

And the people in my village do persist in calling me a witch.

But manufacturers and grocers tend to persist in calling them brokers, not "sales and marketing representatives".

Why then does the government persist in calling the sentence mandatory?

We renamed him Lawrence, but couldn't help but persist in calling him Laura — it just stuck, the way names do.

At least any written since the former actor announced his candidacy and began what some persist in calling a campaign.

The Expédition d'Égypte, as the French persist in calling the operation to this day, was supposed to cripple the British Empire without the risk of a frontal assault.

Oliver details the four league system of professional football, or 'soccer' as he persists in calling it.

Gary Will O'Connelll) and Sullivan (Mark Fitzgerald) struggle to accept Mark's new gender identity, persisting in calling him Laura and demanding explanations for his transformation.

Johnson added: "If anyone still persists in calling them 'Boris bikes' rather than Santander I will change my name to Santander Johnson".

This week Kani Yilmaz, the PKK's senior representative in Europe, threatened Turks in Europe with violence if Turkey persisted in calling for Mr Ocalan's head.

Ann didn't like that and, when Laura persisted in calling her Ann, said, "I think people ought to be called what they want to be called"; Laura said that, in that case, she would like to be called Megan.