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insistence
noun as in demand
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Prematurely retired in early 1940, Hobart was brought back at the personal insistence of Churchill.
Eventually I gave way to Bunny's insistence and lost my virginity, appropriately enough, in H.G. Wells's spare bedroom.
Her younger sister was removed from school as well, at the insistence of her new family.
He was very clear in his insistence that Americans are not dumb.
We're partly to blame, too, what with our insistence on compartmentalizing the people in our lives.
And in his heart the name of the poem repeated itself with significant insistence: Unwelcome!
There was that in the baby's tone, in the unbaby-like insistence of its bright eyes, which compelled obedience.
Crozier spoke without passion and with a coldblooded insistence not lost on Burlingame.
The coalition was paralysed by discord and by the insistence of its members on the pursuit of different objects.
There was considerable correspondence, and mutual insistence, though always with conventional courtesy of language.
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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to insistence, such as: emphasis, persistence, urging, importunity, and perseverance.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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