insistence *

He has told no one outside the family, at his wife's insistence.

I saw now the insistence of her question the other day.

What would she not give to have such insistence again?

They will open with a little insistence for almost anything else.

In other words, it is an insistence on more of the same.

Not that her insistence would have probably done much good.

At the family's insistence she sat with them in church.

Now, at the state's insistence, he spent 16 hours going through 250 cases.

I am here at the insistence of my first officer.

The work was done, at his insistence, in full view of the interested public.

This time, he began to move, slowly at first but then with more insistence.

That I am here at all is in a large part due to your energy and insistence.

To the growing insistence of employees that their lives matter?

I applied for the job at the insistence of my parents.

At first of little account, its very insistence gave it value.

It was a secret he had kept for two years at her insistence.

What today's young fashion women share is an insistence on being true to themselves.

What if, despite your parents' insistence that you return the dog, he comes back?

There was every reason to believe that his insistence would kill them all.

This meeting, held at the insistence of the British, was political rather than military in nature.

My insistence was not what she wanted to hear, and I felt frozen out for a moment.

The officials say such talk goes on with ominous insistence.

But Louisiana's insistence to go first came at a price.

From 1945 the insistence on light and rhythm is clear.

At his father's insistence he began training as an accountant.