insistent
adjective
in·sis·tent
in-ˈsi-stənt 
1
: disposed to insist : persistent
2
: compelling attention
the insistent pounding of the waves
insistently
adverb
Examples of insistent in a Sentence
We listened to the insistent crashing of waves on the beach.
Margaret Sanger is remembered as an insistent crusader for birth control.
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An insistent backbeat kept Fantasy of a Broken Heart lively and muscular, but the off-center guitars provided an appealingly sour counterpoint that lent a sense of surprise to this group’s version of pop.
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
Already various people in the train car were becoming familiar to me from their insistent ringtones.
—Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
When Stone grew insistent, protesting she’d recently been targeted for violence, the security chief reluctantly relented.
—Scott Huver, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
Some of those orders included painstaking, insistent language usually reserved for defendants who seem unlikely to comply, Samuel Bagenstos, who until December served as general counsel to HHS, told me.
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
Already various people in the train car were becoming familiar to me from their insistent ringtones.
—Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
When Stone grew insistent, protesting she’d recently been targeted for violence, the security chief reluctantly relented.
—Scott Huver, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
Some of those orders included painstaking, insistent language usually reserved for defendants who seem unlikely to comply, Samuel Bagenstos, who until December served as general counsel to HHS, told me.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for insistent
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“Insistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insistent. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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insistent
adjective
in·sis·tent
in-ˈsis-tənt
: demanding attention : persistent
insistently
adverb
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