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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Congressional Republicans were insistent on a continuing resolution (CR) that included rollbacks of key parts of the ACA.
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Jared Gans, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
Frequently, an ascending complex melody will level out into a single, insistent note; tempos accelerate and then accelerate again; her singers give up on words to wail like Klaxons.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Its repetition is both insistent and emptying; there is (literally) nothing but road in those lines.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
But their terrific new Some Like It Hot is even cockier, steamier, more insistent — one of the year’s kickiest indie-rock thrillers.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
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Jared Gans, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
Frequently, an ascending complex melody will level out into a single, insistent note; tempos accelerate and then accelerate again; her singers give up on words to wail like Klaxons.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Its repetition is both insistent and emptying; there is (literally) nothing but road in those lines.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
But their terrific new Some Like It Hot is even cockier, steamier, more insistent — one of the year’s kickiest indie-rock thrillers.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 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 29 Oct. 2025.
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insistent
adjective
in·sis·tent
in-ˈsis-tənt
: demanding attention : persistent
insistently
adverb
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