insisted
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
An inflected form of insist · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,090 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,522 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge also: take a firm stand I must insist!
- beg persistently and urgently also: importune I importune you to help them
- postulate positively and assertively also: assert The letter asserts a free society
insisted in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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You insisted you were going to catch your train.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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And, as he insisted, “Go ahead,” she said: “we are rich enough.”
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Gloom again overtook him at the booking-office, where the unconscionable Mr. Stiles insisted firmly upon a first-class ticket.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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And he promised to come and eat his Christmas dinner along with them, which Joseph insisted he should do.
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1
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Some were in favor of hanging the five, while others insisted that only two of the brothers should be strung up.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1