How to Use insist on/upon in a Sentence

insist on/upon

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Definition of insist on/uponnext
  • Link came to value the truth all the more, and to insist on it in his work.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 July 2023
  • The call to insist upon its message is what this book is kind of about.
    — Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The view from this corner is that customers should insist on it.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • But the House could work around that if members insist on taking a vote.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Then there are the ones who insist on ad-libbing — and blame the writers on air when their jokes don’t land.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Tobias, as part of his process, likes to insist on a month’s rehearsal.
    — Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Stand your ground and insist on more time and space to make a decision, or the answer is no.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2023
  • Those who insist upon a side item to go with their entrees?
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
  • And the experiment is to put the human foot down and insist on a shorter walk.
    — Tara Parker-Pope, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • If your pup is stressing out among the unleashed dogs, get them out of there — don’t insist on sticking around to make a point.
    — Robin Abrahams, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
  • His rationale: San Diegans would insist on a winner, and the Italian style was the best means to that end.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023
  • There are two types of people: those who insist on binaries and those who don’t.
    — Alex Edelman, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024
  • But how many will be injured, or even killed, in the battles those politicians still insist on fighting?
    — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
  • But others insist on Archaeopteryx's importance in the path to bird-hood.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2023
  • Christmas beats the hell out of these guys who really didn’t do anything but insist upon the rules of the thumb wrestling contest.
    — Richard Newby, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2023
  • For instance, Steves said there are plenty of people who travel to Paris and insist on French onion soup, no matter the time of year.
    — Kelsey Fowler, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2023
  • A lot of experts expect the Justice Department to go to court to try to either block the deal or insist upon changes.
    — Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 15 June 2023
  • Yet there are holdouts among GOP hard-liners who insist on even more spending cuts.
    — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
  • While three of the poltergeists insist on causing mayhem, Kat befriends Casper, a lonely child spirit.
    — Claudia Guthrie, ELLE, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Ollie goes up to order at the bar, and the others get up to help him or to insist on paying for their own drinks, leaving Margaret and Ivan alone in the corner.
    — Sally Rooney, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
  • And, as the ones writing the checks, clients may well insist on ownership over all creative decisions.
    — Stephen Wallis, ELLE Decor, 6 July 2023
  • Would the who’s-who of tech have, similarly, come out in full force to insist on his reinstatement?
    — Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Scammers often insist on being paid with gift cards because their details are easy to share, easy to redeem and hard to trace.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Affleck has said that Jordan didn’t have a ton of requirements for the film but did insist on having Davis be the woman who played his mother.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2023
  • And people who insist on only working from home may also have to leave their current sectors to do it.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Although others insist on Father Patrick’s charm and kindness, Marie doesn’t trust him.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Aug. 2023
  • In the long run, the companies that insist on a rigid in-office routine are poised to face a talent drain, being left with a graying, high-cost talent pool.
    — Bygleb Tsipursky, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2023
  • McGovern said scammers may insist on being paid through peer-to-peer payment apps like Cash App.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
  • Instead of going along with Bernie Sanders’ bullying, Democrats and the media should insist on the enactment of this basic reform.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • My family members insist on getting these refills after every movie to take home with them.
    — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024

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