Insisted

Examples

• Instead she insisted that he accept, and, indeed, take her with him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The stranger insisted on making Mr. Godfrey precede him; Mr. Godfrey said a few civil words; they bowed, and parted in the street. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I insisted on writing to Napier, who was at Melton Mowbray. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• But, he, Pablo, blinded the _guardia civil_ who was wounded, the gypsy insisted. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The rapidity with which he insisted on travelling, bred several disputes between him and the party whom he had hired to attend him as a guard. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Fight your way out of it somehow--you're young and can do it, she insisted. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Elliston insisted, and the white soup made its appearance. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Themistocles insisted with all his force on fighting in the narrows of Salamis. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Still Mrs. Elton insisted on being authorised to write an acquiescence by the morrow's post. Jane Austen. Emma.
• When I came back to the depot, Mr. Roberts was there, and insisted on carrying my satchel for me. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• All the conditions I insisted on were that he should take me into his confidence and tell me everything. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• At first they refused it on account of my having rowed, but I insisted on their taking it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• They had passed the hill above the churchyard, when Lady Glyde insisted on turning back to look her last at her mother's grave. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I have come hither, Rebecca insisted, with a stamp of her foot, to say farewell to my dearest and earliest friend. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It was he who taught the butler to say, My lady is served, and who insisted on handing her ladyship in to dinner. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• As to anything I say, you know, he insisted. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He insisted on it--I was alone with him--I could conceal nothing. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He stood against assumptions, and insisted on rigid proof. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Münsterberg has always insisted that in social relations we must always treat everyone as a purposeful, integrated character. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Mr. Edison was a little disturbed, but insisted that there was a mistake somewhere. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• You did not, Robert Jordan insisted. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• We assembled again towards evening, and Perdita insisted on our having recourse to music. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• If old Father Fritz had seen the pair of ye, I think he would have insisted upon the marriage, so as to breed a race of giants. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Somewhere about this time John Mills of the Guards insisted on falling in love with me, merely to prove himself a fashionable man. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• As we were not alone, she soon left us, and I insisted on her taking my carriage, which she promised to send back for me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I went back to the doctor to tell him, by Lady Glyde's desire, that she insisted on speaking to him immediately. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Lady Cressida had evidently insisted on walking home, and the rest of the church-goers had thought it their duty to accompany her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• It is a remarkable fact, strongly insisted on by Hooker in regard to America, and by Alph. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• She went straight to Miss Rachel's bedroom, and insisted on being admitted. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• So I was taken up to London to see the dynamo in course of construction and the methods employed; and they insisted I should give them some expression of my views. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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