How to Use insistent in a Sentence

insistent

adjective

• We listened to the insistent crashing of waves on the beach.
• Margaret Sanger is remembered as an insistent crusader for birth control.
• Her voice is light but insistent.
  — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
• Daniel Hart was very insistent as well.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 June 2026
• Over the past year, the call for equal pay has grown louder and more insistent.
  — Kim Churches, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2019
• Rough, then insistent, like the cinch of a blood pressure cuff.
  — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
• The sky darkened, the stars in this dark place spread across the sky bright and insistent.
  — Bill McKibben, New Republic, 12 July 2017
• Nothing kills the mood like the insistent squeak of a noisy mattress.
  — Megan Griffith, Health, 4 Feb. 2023
• But some were insistent that the folks getting the boots were the true heroes of that day.
  — Paul Sisson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Dec. 2017
• And yet, the doubts buzzing in the back of his brain kept growing louder and more insistent.
  — Chris Nashawaty, WIRED, 30 July 2024
• Uslip was insistent on the point.
  — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
• Bennett, told the question hasn’t been raised quite yet, was insistent.
  — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Oct. 2020
• But Teddy Horne was insistent that she not be cast as a maid.
  — Donald Bogle, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023
• Ann is a different kind of artist, and a less insistent presence in the film.
  — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2021
• Gino, on the other hand, has been insistent on his desire to have a kid with his wide.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
• That said, Ged is insistent that his mission is to take on big business.
  — David Prosser, Forbes, 7 July 2022
• Would the nurse have been so insistent had my father been English?
  — Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
• Zarif is insistent that there will be no changes to the original agreement.
  — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 2 Feb. 2021
• These pictures employ the same style as the others, but their tone is more insistent.
  — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
• And that Joe Biden has been insistent that schools remain open at all costs.
  — Molly Osberg, The New Republic, 14 Jan. 2022
• For me, there was also the press of time, which suddenly felt insistent and rushed.
  — Caroline Van Hemert, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2020
• For some, the absence of buffets seems to have made the heart grow fonder, or the stomach more insistent.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2022
• Some critics, in fact, are insistent that the streamer is already there.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 28 Apr. 2022
• And Sony was insistent that the next one was coming out in, like, 10 months.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
• In summer the cicadas are insistent and the warm air is infused with the scent of wild rosemary.
  — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2020
• The tears pressed at the back of her throat, more insistent this time, and Mickey swallowed them, hard.
  — ELLE, 26 Apr. 2023
• The creepiness is all the more insistent for being so rueful and polite.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2023
• Lone Star dystopia with an insistent plea for the importance of reading.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
• But the drivers themselves have been insistent, even months ago, that the Cup remain on the oval.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2020
• Signs lined the concourse, gentle but insistent reminders to watch the screens, which imaged your face.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024