Insists

Examples

• But the law insists on your smoking your cigar, sir, when you have once chosen it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• They are opposed to the Countess's idea; but she is firm, and insists on a legal opinion. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Uncle doesn't know ten words, and insists on talking English very loud, as if it would make people understand him. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The natural political map of the world insists upon itself. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The parliament of Great Britain insists upon taxing the colonies; and they refuse to be taxed by a parliament in which they are not represented. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Miss Porter insists that we have no absolute proof of his death--nor have we. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The renascence of China that began with Suy and culminated in Tang was, Mr. Fu insists, a real new birth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They proceed from my landlady's child, whose mother insists I have half killed it, and that it never was in such pain before. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Thrasymachus is pacified, but the intrepid Glaucon insists on continuing the argument. Plato. The Republic.
• Edison tells the story in a similar manner, but insists that it was he who saved the situation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• She insists all the more on the long engagement, to give me time-- Time to give her up for the other woman? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• It seems that a young lady has arrived in a considerable state of excitement, who insists upon seeing me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I don't want to give the sort of SUBMISSION he insists on. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She insists that her cousin Henry shall come and join his friends here in Yorkshire. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It insists upon the old, the past, and passes lightly over the operation of the genuinely novel and unforeseeable. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• He voices a common belief when he insists that there are moral and social problems, essentially non-political. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Jo helps me with the sewing, and insists on doing all sorts of hard jobs. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• But suppose he insists, William? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Your mother insists upon your accepting it. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• But first he dwells on the difficulty of the problem and insists on restoring man to his natural condition, before he will answer the question at all. Plato. The Republic.

Typed by Levi