insist on/upon
idiom
1
: to say or show that one believes that something is necessary or very important
My source insisted on anonymity.
She insists on doing everything her own way.
2
informal
: to continue doing (something that other people think is annoying or unimportant)
The people sitting next to us insisted on talking during the entire movie.
Examples of insist on/upon in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
In a memo, Levine Cava urged commissioners to demand a higher price and to insist on concessions that included a requirement for affordable housing to also go on the Costco site.
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Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 14 May 2024
Speak up to your doctor and insist on a Lyme disease test if there is a possibility of having been infected.
—For Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2024
As a corollary to this assertive approach is a readiness to insist on China’s extraterritorial reach.
—Steve Tsang, TIME, 11 May 2024
Popular on Variety The narrations, which are often accompanied by gorgeously shot if intentionally unrelated images (as Kutta is described, the film shows Françoise reading on a ferry, featuring images of the ocean behind her), insist on a stark juxtaposition between what’s seen and what’s heard.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 11 May 2024
Stroller-pushing parents turn to the festival marketplace booths to offer something elevated above typical theme park food offerings, not to stoop to the Happy Meal depths their kids insist on indulging.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
The community has every right to bar outside parties and to insist on norms of civility and respect, understanding that those ideals are not always immediately attainable.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
Medical officers went neighborhood by neighborhood to find cases and locate the unvaccinated and offer — and sometimes insist on — administering the vaccination for free.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Wake up and insist on common-sense gun safety legislation.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 14 May 2024
Speak up to your doctor and insist on a Lyme disease test if there is a possibility of having been infected.
—For Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2024
As a corollary to this assertive approach is a readiness to insist on China’s extraterritorial reach.
—Steve Tsang, TIME, 11 May 2024
Popular on Variety The narrations, which are often accompanied by gorgeously shot if intentionally unrelated images (as Kutta is described, the film shows Françoise reading on a ferry, featuring images of the ocean behind her), insist on a stark juxtaposition between what’s seen and what’s heard.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 11 May 2024
Stroller-pushing parents turn to the festival marketplace booths to offer something elevated above typical theme park food offerings, not to stoop to the Happy Meal depths their kids insist on indulging.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
The community has every right to bar outside parties and to insist on norms of civility and respect, understanding that those ideals are not always immediately attainable.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
Medical officers went neighborhood by neighborhood to find cases and locate the unvaccinated and offer — and sometimes insist on — administering the vaccination for free.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Wake up and insist on common-sense gun safety legislation.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Insist on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insist%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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